Effects of cernitin pollen-extract (Cernilton®) on inflammatory cytokines in sex-hormone-induced nonbacterial prostatitis rats

Acta Urologica Japonica

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 459-465

  Asakawa, Kiyoshi ^a   Nandachi, Nobuyo ^a   Satoh, Shigeru ^a   Honma, Masato ^a   Namikata, Shohei ^a   Ishii, Makoto ^a   Yasumoto, Ryoji ^a   Nishisaka, Nobuyasu ^a   Masuda, Chikayoshi ^a   Kishimoto, Taketoshi ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cernilton; Cernitin pollen extract; Inflammatory cytokine; Nonbacterial prostatitis rat

Indexed keywords

CERNITIN; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TESTOSTERONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSTATITIS; RAT; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CYTOKINES; ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATITIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SECALE CEREALE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034869440     PISSN: 00181994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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