Radical scavenging and anti-inflammatory activity of extracts from Opuntia humifusa Raf.

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-119

  Cho, Jae Youl ^a   Park, Seung Chun ^b   Kim, Tae Wan ^b   Kim, Kil Soo ^b   Song, Jae Chan ^b   Kim, Sang Keun ^c   Lee, Hui Min ^b   Sung, Hye Jin ^b   Park, Hwa Jin ^d   Song, Yong Beom ^e   Yoo, Eun Sook ^f   Lee, Choong Hwan ^g   Rhee, Man Hee ^b  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Inje University   (South Korea)

^e KT and G Central Research Institute   (South Korea)

^f Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^g Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BUTANOL; CHLOROFORM; HEXANE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RNA; SCAVENGER; TAXIFOLIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IC 50; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA HUMIFUSA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; HYDRAZINES; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OPUNTIA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; RNA, MESSENGER; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 29944435604     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.58.1.0014     Document Type: Article

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