Effects of boswellic acids extracted from a herbal medicine on the biosynthesis of leukotrienes and the course of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 668-674

  Wildfeuer, Alexander ^a,c   Neu, Ingo S ^b   Safayhi, Hasan ^b   Metzger, Gerald ^b   Wehrmann, Manfred ^b   Vogel, Ulrich ^b   Ammon, Hermann P T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Heinrich Mack Nachf   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 1 (4 Chlorobenzyl) 3 t butyl thio 5 isopropylindol 2 yl 2,2 dimethylpropanoic acid; Boswellic acids; CAS 118414 82 7; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Leukotriene biosynthesis inhibitors; MK 886; Polymorphonuclear neutrophil leukocytes

Indexed keywords

3 [3 TERT BUTYLTHIO 1 (4 CHLOROBENZYL) 5 ISOPROPYL 2 INDOLYL] 2,2 DIMETHYLPROPIONIC ACID; BOSWELLIC ACID; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LEUKOTRIENE C4; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; GUINEA PIG; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN;

ACETYLATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BRAIN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; INDOLES; LEUKOTRIENES; LIPOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; NEUTROPHILS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROSTAGLANDINS; SPINAL CORD; TRITERPENES;

EID: 0031751961     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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