Flavonoids from Theobroma cacao down-regulate inflammatory mediators

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 8506-8511

  Ramiro, Emma ^a   Franch, Àngels ^a   Castellote, Cristina ^a   Pérez Cano, Francisco ^a   Permanyer, Joan ^a   Izquierdo Pulido, Maria ^a   Castell, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Cocoa; Cytokine; Epicatechin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FLAVONOID; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CACAO; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LUNG ALVEOLUS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; RAT; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CACAO; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CYTOKINES; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 27744558759     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0511042     Document Type: Article

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