Abstract:Beauty‐salt (BS, Mi‐salt) is a type of food additive mainly used in Korea. It is composed of solar salt and Impatiens balsamina L. extracts. Here, the present study reports the immunomodulatory efficacy and underlying mechanisms of BS and its active components, ferulic acid (FA) and magnesium (Mg), on the human mast cell line HMC‐1. BS significantly suppressed the production and mRNA expression of the proinflammatory cytokines, thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP), interleukin (IL)‐1β, IL‐6, and IL‐8 in activat… Show more
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