Fig. 4.
Effect of curcumin on compound 48/80-induced calcium uptake into rat peritoneal mast cell (RPMC). RPMCs were preincubated with curcumin at 37℃ for 5 minutes prior to the incubation with compound 48/80. Curcumin dose-dependently inhibited compound 48/80-induced calcium uptake into RPMCs. Each data value represents the mean±S.E.M. of five independent experiments. *P<0.05, significantly different from the control value. C48/80: compound 48/80.