Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties of grape melanin: Inhibitory effects on paw edema and adjuvant induced disease

Arzneimittel-Forschung/Drug Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 764-771

  Avramidis, Nikolaos ^a   Kourounakis, Angeliki ^a   Hadjipetrou, Lygeri ^a   Senchuk, Vadim ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b BELARUSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (Belarus)

Author keywords

CAS 8049 97 6; Cytokines; Melanin, anti inflammatory effect, antioxidant effect, immunomodulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARRAGEENAN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE; MELANIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN; SERUM GLOBULIN;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ADJUVANT DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; DRUG ISOLATION; GRAPE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROSOME; TARGET CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINES; EDEMA; FOOT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOGENS; ORGAN SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT LECTINS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; ROSALES; SPLEEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031829072     PISSN: 00044172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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