Effects of naturally occurring flavonoids on nitric oxide production in the macrophage cell line RAW 264.7 and their structure-activity relationships

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 759-765

  Kim, Hee Kee ^a   Cheon, Bong Sun ^a   Kim, Young Ha ^a   Kim, Sung Yong ^a   Kim, Hyun Pyo ^a  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flavonoid; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Inflammation; Luteolin; Nitric oxide; RAW 264.7; Western blotting; Wogonin

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; APIGENIN; APIIN; BIOCHANIN A; CATECHIN; CHRYSIN; DAIDZEIN; FLAVANONE; FLAVONE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL; FORMONONETIN; GALANGIN; GENISTEIN; ICARIIN; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; ISOVITEXIN; LUTEOLIN; MORIN; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PUERARIN; QUERCETIN; TECTORIGENIN; VITEXIN; WOGONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLAVONOIDS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0032814249     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-2952(99)00160-4     Document Type: Article

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