Tannins and Related Compounds: Killing of Amastigotes of Leishmania donovani and Release of Nitric Oxide and Tumour Necrosis Factor a in Macrophages in vitro

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 444-454

  Kiderlen, Albrecht F ^a   Kayser, Oliver ^b   Ferreira, Daneel ^c   Kolodziej, Herbert ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunoinodulation; Leishmania donovani; Polyphenols; Tumour Necrosis Factor

Indexed keywords

ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MURINAE;

FLAVONOID; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; POLYPHENOLS; RECOMBINANT GAMMA INTERFERON; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; L CELL; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; FLAVONOIDS; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; L CELLS (CELL LINE); LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; PHENOLS; POLYMERS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TANNINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035345165     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2001-5-620     Document Type: Article

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