The antiinflammatory effect of an extract of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F on adjuvant-induced paw oedema in rats and inflammatory mediators release

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 152-154

  Chou, Chung Tei ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Lysozyme; Prostaglandin; Superoxide; Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYSOZYME; PLANT EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SUPEROXIDE; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT;

ADJUVANT DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMALIA; TRIPTERYGIUM; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII;

EID: 0030972638     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199703)11:2<152::AID-PTR45>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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