Antioxidant betalains from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) inhibit endothelial ICAM-1 expression

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1028, Issue , 2004, Pages 481-486

  Gentile, C ^a   Tesoriere, L ^a   Allegra, M ^a   Livrea, M A ^a   D'Alessio, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory drugs; Betalains; Endothelial cells; ICAM 1

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BETALAIN DERIVATIVE; BETANIN; CYTOKINE; INDICAXANTHIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA FICUS; OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 14944378075     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1322.057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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