title: Effects of the Geiji-Bokryung-Hwan on carrageenan-induced inflammation in mice and cyclooxygenase-2 in hepatoma cells of HepG2 and Hep3B.
abstract: We investigated the effects of a Korean traditional prescription, Geiji-Bokryung-Hwan (GBH) consisting of five herbs of Cinnamomi Ramulus (Korean name Geiji), Poria cocos (Bokryung), Moutan Cortex Radicis (Modanpi). Paeoniae Radix (Jakyak) and Persicae Semen (Doin) on tumor growth-inhibitory activity and cancer chemopreventive activity in assays representing three major stages of carcinogenesis. Effects of the GBH extracts on carrageenan-induced edema inflammation using female (C57BL/6XC3H) F1 (B6C3F1) mice and tumorigenesis were examined. Finally, cyclooxygenase metabolites were determined after extracts treatment. These data suggest that GBH extracts merits investigation as a potential cancer chemopreventive agent in humans.
authors.affiliation: National Research Laboratory for Glycobiology, Korean Ministry of Science and Technology, Kyungju, Kyungbuk, Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Hwan
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Shin-Tak
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.forename: Kwan-Kyu
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Young-Chae
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Cheorl-Ho
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000494:pharmacology; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D002351:Carrageenan / Q000633:toxicity; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006873:Hydroquinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007249:Inflammation / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D010653:Phenylbutazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D020032:Tyrphostins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; C482041:Geiji-Bokryung-Hwan; D006873:Hydroquinones; D007527:Isoenzymes; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010936:Plant Extracts; D020032:Tyrphostins; C482020:tyrphostin AG 126; D015127:9,10-Dimethyl-1,2-benzanthracene; D002351:Carrageenan; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; C496540:PTGS2 protein, human; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D010653:Phenylbutazone; D015232:Dinoprostone; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; C048212:erbstatin; D007213:Indomethacin