Procyanidins extracted from pinus Maritima (Pycnogenol®): Scavengers of free radical species and modulators of nitrogen monoxide metabolism in activated murine raw 264.7 macrophages

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 1120-1129

  Virgili, F ^a   Kobuchi, H ^a   Packer, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Free radicals; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitrogen monoxide; Pine bark; Procyanidins; RAW 264.7 monocyte macrophage

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROCYANIDIN; PYCNOGENOL; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL LINE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPTIC SHOCK; STROKE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL LINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-1; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRITES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPEROXIDES; TREES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LETHRINIDAE; MURINAE; PINUS MARITIMA;

EID: 0032077158     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(97)00430-9     Document Type: Article

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