Inhibitory effects of leaf extracts of Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (Verbenaceae) on the respiratory burst of rat macrophages

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 457-462

  Álvarez, Ezequiel ^a   Leiro, José Manuel ^a   Rodríguez, Melita ^b   Orallo, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

Author keywords

Macrophages; Rat; Reactive oxygen species; Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEXANE; HYPOXANTHINE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; RAT; RESPIRATORY BURST; STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS; VERBENACEAE;

STACHYTARPHETA JAMAICENSIS; VERBENACEAE;

EID: 3342929448     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1442     Document Type: Article

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