Enhancement of Immune Activation using an Herbal Preparation (Product name: Cheongmokpye)

Hee-Jun Kim, Bohye Kim, Mi-Ra Lee, Byung-Kook Sun, Wang-Kwon Kim, Bong-Hwan Chung, Moonjin Ra, Yongjun Lee

doi:10.22698/jales.20210016

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Enhancement of Immune Activation using an Herbal Preparation (Product name: Cheongmokpye) 청목폐(제품명)의 면역 증진 효과

31 October 2021. pp. 157-165

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Abstract

An herbal mixture (product name: Cheongmokpye) comprising 20 edible medicinal herbs (including Platycodon grandiflorum, Codonopsis lanceolata, Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer, Morus albaL., Perilla frutescensvar. acuta, and Lilium longiflorum Thunb.) was designed to enhance immune responses and protect against respiratory diseases caused by fine dust and air pollution. We aimed to investigate whether Cheongmokpye extract (TC1) and powder (TC2) treatments enhanced immune activity in RAW 264.7, a murine macrophage-derived cell line. To avoid cytotoxicity arising from TC1 and TC2 treatments, we determined their appropriate dose and found that TC1 and TC2 exhibited no cytotoxicity at doses below 400 µg/ml. Moreover, TC1 and TC2 treatments affected nitric oxide production and pro-inflammatory cytokine (tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, and interleukin-6) levels. Moreover, we found that both TC1 and TC2 treatments enhanced the phagocytosis of prelabeled zymosan particles. Collectively, these findings indicate that Cheongmokpye is a beneficial functional food that enhances immune activation and exerts immunostimulatory effects on macrophages.

Keywords

Cheongmokpye

Immune activation

Phagocytosis

Pro-inflammatory cytokines

Respiratory disease prevention

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Publisher :Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Institute, Kangwon National University
Publisher(Ko) :강원대학교 농업생명과학대학 농업생명과학연구원
Journal Title :Journal of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences
Journal Title(Ko) :농업생명환경연구
Volume : 33
No :3
Pages :157-165
Received Date :2021. 09. 24
Revised Date :2021. 10. 05
Accepted Date : 2021. 10. 07
An Erratum to this article was published on 31 March 2022.

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DOI :https://doi.org/10.22698/jales.20210016

Journal of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences ISSN:2233-8322(Print) 2508-870X(Online) 농업생명환경연구

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