Taxacin

Taxacin shows strong inhibitory effects on platelet aggregation induced by arachidonic acid (IC (50) :21.9 microM) . Taxacin can suppress the superoxide generation induced by N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) and arachidonic acid (AA) in a concentration-dependent manner.

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