Inducible activity of ginger rhizome (Zingiber offifinale Rosc.) on the mRNA expression of macrophage-inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase and NO production in a macrophage cell line, RAW264.7 cells

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 727-735

  Imanishi, Nobuko ^a   Mantani, Naoki ^b   Sakai, Shinya ^a   Sato, Miyuki ^a   Katada, Yuko ^a   Ueda, Kyouka ^a   Terasawa, Katsutoshi ^a   Ochiai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

macNOS; Macrophages; Nitric oxide; Zinger offifinale Rosc.

Indexed keywords

GINGER EXTRACT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME KINETICS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GINGER; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOME; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GINGER; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOME; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21744432716     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X04002302     Document Type: Article

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