Antileishmanial activity of hydrolyzable tannins and their modulatory effects on nitric oxide and tumour necrosis factor-α release in macrophages in vitro

Planta Medica

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 825-832

  Kolodziej, H ^a   Kayser, O ^a   Kiderlen, A F ^b   Ito, H ^c   Hatano, T ^c   Yoshida, T ^c   Foo, L Y ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antileishmanial activity; Hydrolyzable tannins; Interferon; Leishmania donovani; Nitric oxide; Tumour necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; CELL LINE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PLANT EXTRACTS; STEREOISOMERISM; TANNINS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALOMYOCARDITIS VIRUS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MURINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035672678     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2001-18850     Document Type: Article

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