Beneficial effects of raxofelast (IRFI 016), a new hydrophilic vitamin E-like antioxidant, in carrageenan-induced pleurisy

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 407-414

  Cuzzocrea, Salvatore ^a   Costantino, Giuseppina ^a   Mazzon, Emanuela ^b   Caputi, Achille P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carrageenan; Free radicals; Inflammation; Peroxynitrite; Raxofelast

Indexed keywords

3 NITROTYROSINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARRAGEENAN; DNA; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; RAXOFELAST; RHODAMINE 123; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MACROPHAGE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032907892     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702275     Document Type: Article

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