METHOD FOR INHIBITING ACTIVITY AND/OR EXPRESSION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE, INHIBITING PHOSPHORYLATION OF MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE, AND/OR PROMOTING EXPRESSION OF COLLAGEN USING TERMINALIA CATAPPA LEAF EXTRACT

摘要

A method for inhibiting the activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), inhibiting the expression of matrix metalloproteinase, inhibiting the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), and/or promoting the expression of collagen in a mammal is provided, and the method comprises administrating an effective amount of a Terminalia catappa leaf extract to the mammal.