“…were provided from Jungwoo Pharmaceutical Co (Asan, Korea) and authenticated by Dr. Youngbae Suh, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University. Paeoniflorin, benzoylpaeoniflorin, albiflorin, glycyrrhizin, isoliquiritin and liquiritigenin were isolated according to the procedure as previously described (Tan et al, 1995;Ikeda et al, 1996;Song et al, 2004b). RAW 264.7 cells, murine macrophages, were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection (Rockville, MD, USA).…”