Effect of a Korean Traditional Formulation, Hwaotang, on Superoxide Generation in Human Neutrophils, Platelet Aggregation in Human Blood, and Nitric Oxide, Prostaglandin E2 Production and Paw Oedema Induced by Carrageenan in Mice

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-73

  Park, Won Hwan ^a,b   Park, Soo Young ^a,b   Kim, Hyung Min ^c   Kim, Cheorl Ho ^a,b  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Ministry of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angelica gigantis Radix; Arachidonic acid; Carthami flos; Ciniamomi cortex; Cnidii rhizoma; Human blood; Human neutrophil; Hwaotang; Paeoniae radix; Persicae semen; Platelet aggregation; Rehmanniae radix; Superoxide; Tyrosyl phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; CARRAGEENAN; CNIDIUM RHIZOME; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; GENISTEIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HWAOTANG WATER EXTRACT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE; PAEONIA RADIX; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STAUROSPORINE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGELICA; ANGELICA GIGANTIS RADIX; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARTHAMI FLOS; CELL FUNCTION; CINIAMOMI CORTEX; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PERSICAE SEMEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REHMANNIA ROOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRAGEENAN; CELL DEGRANULATION; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOCHALASIN B; DINOPROSTONE; EDEMA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENISTEIN; HINDLIMB; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; ISOENZYMES; KOREA; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NADPH OXIDASE; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; STAUROSPORINE; STOMACH; SUPEROXIDES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; THROMBOXANE B2;

ANIMALIA; CNIDIUM; FLOS; PAEONIA; REHMANNIA;

EID: 1942423753     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/IPH-120029945     Document Type: Article

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