The natural plant product tryptanthrin ameliorates dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis in mice

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 565-578

  Micallef, Mark J ^a   Iwaki, Kanso ^a   Ishihara, Tatsuya ^a   Ushio, Shimpei ^a   Aga, Miho ^a   Kunikata, Toshio ^a   Koya Miyata, Satomi ^a   Kimoto, Tetsuo ^a   Ikeda, Masao ^a   Kurimoto, Masashi ^a  

^a HAYASHIBARA BIOCHEMICAL LABORATORIES INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

IBD; IFN ; IL 2; Prostaglandin E2; Tryptanthrin

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; DRINKING WATER; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; MITOGENIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONUM TINCTORIUM EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SODIUM SULFATE; TRYPTANTHRIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON; COLON INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT PRODUCT; POLYGONUM TINCTORIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL; TISSUE CULTURE; WASTING SYNDROME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; COLITIS; COLON; CYTOKINES; DEXTRAN SULFATE; DINOPROSTONE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MITOGENS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; POLYGONUM; QUINAZOLINES; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036182261     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(01)00206-5     Document Type: Article

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