Investigations on the anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic activities of the leaves of Uncaria guianensis (Aublet) J. F. Gmelin

Inflammopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 48-56

  Carvalho, M V ^a   Penido, C ^a   Siani, A C ^a   Valente, L M M ^b   Henriques, M G M O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti allergic; Anti inflammatory; Cytokines; Nitric Oxide; Pleurisy, Paw oedema; Uncaria guianensis

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; FLAVONOID; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PROMETHAZINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCARIA GUIANENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG INHIBITION; EOSINOPHIL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLANT LEAF; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES, CXC; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLEURISY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; UNCARIA; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 33646246988     PISSN: 09254692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10787-006-1509-5     Document Type: Article

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