Protective effect of dried safflower petal aqueous extract and its main constituent, carthamus yellow, against lipopolysaccharide‐induced inflammation in RAW264.7 macrophages

Abstract

These results suggest that SFA and CY provide an anti-inflammatory response through inhibiting the production of NO and PGE(2) by the downregulation of iNOS and COX-2 gene expression. Thus safflower petals have the potential to provide a therapeutic approach to inflammation-associated disorders.