Effective fraction of Bletilla striata reduces the inflammatory cytokine production induced by water and organic extracts of airborne fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in vitro

• Main Authors: Yu-Yao Zu (Author), Quan-Fang Liu (Author), Shu-Xin Tian (Author), Li-Xia Jin (Author), Fu-Sheng Jiang (Author), Mei-Ya Li (Author), Bing-Qi Zhu (Author), Zhi-Shan Ding (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bletilla striata is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat hemorrhage, scald, gastric ulcer, pulmonary diseases and inflammations. In this study, we investigated bioactivity of the effective fraction of B. striata (EFB) in reducing the inflammatory cytokine production induc...