Ursolic acid enhances cyclooxygenases and tumor necrosis factor-α expression in mouse skin

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1033-1037

  Ikeda, Yasutaka ^a   Murakami, Akira ^a   Nishizawa, Takashi ^a   Ohigashi, Hajime ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

12 O tetradecanoylphorbol 13 acetate; Cyclooxygenase; Inflammation; Tumor necrosis factor ; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; FLAMMABILITY; ORGANIC ACIDS; RNA; SKIN;

12-O-TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL-13-ACETATE; CYCLOOXYGENASE; INFLAMMATION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-Α; URSOLIC ACID;

BIOMATERIALS;

AUTACOID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TRITERPENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SKIN;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TRITERPENES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33646152099     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.1033     Document Type: Article

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