Inhibitory effects of Turkish folk remedies on inflammatory cytokines: Interleukin-1α, interleukin-1β and tumor necrosis factor α

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-73

  Yeşilada, Erdem ^a   Üstün, Osman ^a   Sezik, Ekrem ^a   Takaishi, Yoshihisa ^b   Ono, Yukihisa ^c   Honda, Gisho ^d  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^c OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interleukin 1 inhibition; Tumor necrosis factor inhibition; Turkish folk medicine

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CRATAEGUS EXTRACT; ECBALLIUM ELATERIUM EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EDEMA; FEVER; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; TURKEY;

EID: 0343765814     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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