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Anti-elastase, anti-tyrosinase and matrix metalloproteinase-1 inhibitory activity of earthworm extracts as potential new anti-aging agent

Azmi N 1 , Hashim P 1 , Hashim DM 1 , Halimoon N 2 , Majid NM 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Halal Products Research Institute, University Putra Malaysia, Putra Infoport, 43400 Upm Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • 2 Faculty of Environmental Studies, University Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
  • 3 Faculty of Forestry, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed, 2014 May;4(Suppl 1):S348-52.
PMID: 25183109 DOI: 10.12980/APJTB.4.2014C1166

Abstract

To examine whether earthworms of Eisenia fetida, Lumbricus rubellus and Eudrilus eugeniae extracts have elastase, tyrosinase and matrix metalloproteinase-1 (MMP-1) inhibitory activity.

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