Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761): Inhibitory effect on nitric oxide duction in the macrophage cell line RAW 264.7

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 897-903

  Kobuchi, Hirotsugu ^a,b   Droy Lefaix, Marie Therese ^a,b   Christen, Yves ^a,b   Packer, Lester ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IPSEN   (France)

Author keywords

Egb 761; Ginkgo biloba extract; inducible nitric oxide synthase; macrophages flavonoids; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GINKGO BILOBA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031003969     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(96)00873-8     Document Type: Article

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