Table 1.

Inhibitory activity of Thymocid^® on elastase enzyme.

Sample	Concentration (µg/mL)	Inhibition Rate (%) a
		Type-I	Type-III
Thymocid®	1000	75.4 ± 4.5	91.1 ± 1.2
	500	69.2 ± 1.3	88.6 ± 2.3
	250	56.2 ± 3.2	78.4 ± 3.2
	125	35.4 ± 6.9	61.3 ± 2.1
	62.5	25.3 ± 5.9	36.0 ± 2.7
EGCG b	92	73.0 ± 1.8	75.2 ± 4.0

^a Values are expressed as mean ± S.D. from three replicated experiments. ^b Epigallocatechin gallate; positive control.