Inhibition by Moxa smoke of NO production and iNOS expression in mouse macrophage-like cells raw 264.7

In Vivo

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 471-474

  Matsumoto, Hisatoshi ^a   Shimada, Jun ^a   Nagasaka, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumoto, Isao ^b   Hashimoto, Ken ^a   Sakagami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MEIKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

iNOS expression; LPS; Mouse macrophage; Moxa smoke; NO

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS EXTRACT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MOXA SMOKE; NITRIC OXIDE; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; IC 50; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 16344373579     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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