Inhibitory activity of Ficus deltoidea var. trengganuensis Aqueous extract on lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-α production from microglia

• Main Authors: Wang, Huiling, Vidyadaran, Sharmili, Mohd Moklas, Mohamad Aris, Baharuldin, Mohamad Taufik Hidayat
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62180/1/Inhibitory%20Activity%20of%20Ficus%20deltoidea.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62180/; https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2017/2623163/

Objective: To explore the effect of Ficus deltoidea (FD) aqueous extracts on the release of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), the expression of CD40, and the morphology of microglial cells in lipopolysaccharide- (LPS-) activated BV2 cells. Methods. The cytotoxicity of FD extract was assessed by MTS s...