Administration of isoferulic acid improved the survival rate of lethal influenza virus pneumonia in mice

• Main Authors: Shinya Sakai (Author), Hiroshi Ochiai (Author), Naoki Mantani (Author), Toshiaki Kogure (Author), Naotoshi Shibahara (Author), Katsutoshi Terasawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Isoferulic acid (IFA) is a main active ingredient of the rhizoma of Cimicifuga heracleifolia, which is used frequently in Japanese traditional medicine as an anti-inflammatory drug. It has been revealed that IFA inhibits the production of macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2), which...