Efficacy Evaluation
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- Anti-inflammation
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Tests to evaluate a substance’s anti-inflammatory efficacy
- Inflammation biomarker analysis (qRT-PCR, WB, and ELISA)
- Nitric oxide assay- SOD activity assay
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- Anti-obesity
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Testing to evaluate a substance’s efficacy in suppressing body fat
- Analysis of destruction of fat cells and analysis of biomarkers related to fat production (qRT-PCR and WEB)
- Testing to evaluate fat production and accumulation (oil-red-O stain)
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- Skin wrinkles
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Testing to evaluate a substance’s anti-wrinkle (wrinkle suppression) efficacy
- Analysis of biomarkers related to wrinkles in skin fibroblasts (qRT-PCR)
- Collagenase activity assay
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- Skin Whitening
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Testing to evaluate a substance’s efficacy for skin whitening
- Measurement of melanin content of melanin-producing skin cells and analysis of biomarkers related to melanin synthesis (qRT-PCR and WB)
- Tyrosinase inhibition assay
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- Skin moisturizing
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Testing to evaluate a substance’s efficacy for moisturizing
- Measurement of moisturizing-related growth factor content in melanin-producing skin cells