Nahua Indian medicinal plants (Mexico): Inhibitory activity on NF-κB as an anti-inflammatory model and antibacterial effects

Phytomedicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 263-269

  Bork, R M ^a   Schmitz, M L ^a,b   Weimann, C ^a   Kist, M ^c   Heinrich, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Asteraceae: Heliantheae; Ethnobotany; anti inflammatory; Medicinal plants; Nahua Indians (Mexico); NF B (nuclear factor B); Tithonia diversifolia; Traditional medicine; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ACACIA CORNIGERA; ASTERACEAE; CUSCUTA; HELIANTHEAE; LUDWIGIA OCTOVALVIS; LYSILOMA DIVARICATUM; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TITHONIA DIVERSIFOLIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0000802601     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(96)80064-X     Document Type: Article

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