Original Research Article

Investigation of the Antiasthmatic Properties of Ethanol Extract of Callophyllis japonica in Mice

Won Sun Park¹, Kyung Soo Lee², Jin Ho Chun², Sang Hwa Urm², Dae-Sung Lee³, Da-Young Lee⁴, Sae-Gwang Park⁴, Su-Kil Seo⁴, Soo-Jin Heo⁵, Zhong-ji Qian⁶, Won-Kyo Jung⁶ and Il-Whan Choi^4*

¹Department of Physiology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, ²Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, ³POSTECH Ocean Science and Technology Institute, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, ⁴Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Inje University, Busan, ⁵Marine Living Resources Research Department, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Ansan, ⁶Department of Biomedical Engineering, and Center for Marine-Integrated Biomedical Technology (BK21 Plus) Pukyong National University, Republic of Korea

*For correspondence: Email: cihima@inje.ac.kr; wkjung@chosun.ac.kr; Tel: +82-51-890-6461; Fax: +82-51-901-6004.

Received: 2 February 2013                                                                    Revised accepted: 10 October 2013

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, December 2013; 12(6): 981-987