A Note on Cudrania cochinchinensis
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A Note on Cudrania cochinchinensis Christophe Wiart1,2 Sir I read with interest the article entitled: “IgE, COX-2, and IL-4 are Expressed by DEHP through p38 MAPK and Suppressed by Plant Glycoprotein (75 kDa) in ICR Mice” Inflammation, vol. 34, no. 5, October 2011 [1]. This article is quite interesting and the authors should be complimented for the great amount of work they have done. The purpose of this letter is to call attention to the need for some clarification on the name of the plant described in this article. Oh et al. state: “Korean herbal plant Cudrania tricuspidata Bureau (CTB) has been traditionally used for treating gastritis, liver damage, and inflammation in Korea”. I have been studying the pharmacotoxicological properties of the medicinal plants of Asia and the Pacific for the last 15 years [2–6] and the sole medicinal member of the family Moraceae officially recognised in China and Korea are Antiaris, Artocapus, Broussonetia, Fatoua, Ficus, Maclura, Malaisia, Morus and Streblus
[7]. Cudrania tricuspidata (family Moraceae) does not exist in Korea and is not a “Korea herbal plant”. REFERENCES 1. Oh, P.S., and K.T. Lim. 2011. IgE, COX-2, and IL-4 are expressed by DEHP through p38 MAPK and suppressed by plant glycoprotein (75 kDa) in ICR mice. Inflammation 34: 326–334. 2. Wiart, C. 2006. Ethnopharmacology of medicinal plants: Asia and the Pacific. Boca Raton: Humana Press. 3. Wiart, C. 2006. Medicinal plants of Asia and the Pacific. New York: CRC Press. 4. Wiart, C. 2006. Medicinal plant of the Asia-Pacific: drugs for the future. Singapore: World Scientific Press. 5. Wiart, C. 2010. Medicinal plants from the East. University of Nottingham Press. 6. Wiart, C. 2012. Medicinal plants from China, Korea and Japan: bioresource from tomorrow’s drug and cosmetic discovery. New York: CRC Press. 7. Zhengyi, W., Raven, P.H., Hong, D.Y. 2003. Flora of China. Ulmaceae through Basellaceae. Volume 5. Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
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School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK 2 To whom correspondence should be addressed at School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
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