Effect of lignins and their precursors on nitric oxide, citrulline and asparagine production by mouse macrophage-like raw 264.7 Cells

Anticancer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2719-2724

  Suzuki, Fumika ^a   Okayasu, Haruo ^a   Tashiro, Miyuki ^a   Hashimoto, Ken ^a   Yokote, Yoshiko ^b   Akahane, Kiso ^b   Hongo, Shigeki ^c   Sakagami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^b JOSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asparagine; Citrulline; Lignin; Mouse macrophage; Nitric oxide; Raw 264.7 cells; Tannin

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; CAFFEIC ACID; CITRULLINE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FERULIC ACID; GALLIC ACID; LIGNIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CATECHIN; CITRULLINE; COUMARIC ACIDS; GALLIC ACID; LIGNIN; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PINUS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036766030     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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