Preventative effects of the flowers of Inula britannica on autoimmune diabetes in C57BL/KsJ mice induced by multiple low doses of streptozotocin

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-382

  Kobayashi, Takao ^a,c   Song, Qing Hua ^a   Hong, Tie ^a   Kitamura, Hajime ^b   Cyong, Jong Chol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital   (Japan)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diabetes; Cytokines; Inula britannica; Streptozotocin; T lymphocyte; Traditional herbal medicine

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; DRINKING WATER; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; INULA BRITANICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; STREPTOZOCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DESTRUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FLOWER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOREGULATION; INSULITIS; INULA BRITANNICA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; SPLEEN CELL; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INULA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; STREPTOZOCIN;

INULA; INULA BRITANNICA; JAPONICA;

EID: 0036287309     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.868     Document Type: Article

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