Role of four major components in the effect of Si-Ni-San, a traditional Chinese prescription, against contact sensitivity in mice

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1257-1264

  Zhang, Li ^a   Dong, Yi ^a   Sun, Yang ^a   Chen, Ting ^a   Xu, Qiang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AURANTIIN; CHINESE DRUG; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE A; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; PAEONIFLORIN; PICRYL CHLORIDE; SAIKOSAPONIN A; SI NI SAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL ADHESION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BENZOIC ACIDS; BRIDGED COMPOUNDS; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FLAVANONES; GLUCOSIDES; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; NITRIC OXIDE; OLEANOLIC ACID; PICRYL CHLORIDE; RNA, MESSENGER; SAPONINS; SPLEEN;

EID: 33748300980     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.58.9.0013     Document Type: Article

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