METHOD FOR ANTI-OXIDATION, INHIBITING ACTIVITY AND/OR EXPRESSION OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE, AND/OR INHIBITING PHOSPHORYLATION OF MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE USING NEONAUCLEA RETICULATA LEAF EXTRACTS
A method of inhibiting at least one selected from the group consisting of oxidation, the activity of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), the expression of matrix metalloproteinase, and the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAP kinase) in a mammal, comprising administrating to the mammal an effective amount of a Neonauclea reticulate leaf extract, is provided.