Inhibition of nitric oxide release by an aqueous extract of Tinospora tuberculata

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 51-53

  Yokozawa, Takako ^a   Wang, Tian Shan ^b   Chen, Cui Ping ^b   Hattori, Masao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Macrophage; Nitric oxide; Sodium nitroprusside; Tinospora tuberculata

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PLANT EXTRACT; TINOSPORA TUBERCULATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; METABOLIC INHIBITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

MURINAE; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA TUBERCULATA;

EID: 0033952675     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200002)14:1<51::AID-PTR545>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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