NF-κB modulators from Valeriana officinalis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 917-919

  Jacobo Herrera, Nadia J ^a,d   Vartiainen, Nina ^b   Bremner, Paul ^a,e   Gibbons, Simon ^a   Koistinaho, Jari ^b,c   Heinrich, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HeLa cells; Neurons; NF B; Sesquiterpenes; Traditional (European) medicine; Valerian

Indexed keywords

ACETYLVALERENOLIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; SESQUITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALERENAL; VALERENIC ACID; VALERIAN; KAINIC ACID; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXCITOTOXICITY; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; ASTROCYTE; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HELA CELL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NERVE CELL;

VALERIANA; VALERIANA OFFICINALIS; VALERIANACEAE;

ASTROCYTES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KAINIC ACID; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; NF-KAPPA B; PLANT EXTRACTS; VALERIAN;

EID: 33750206722     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1972     Document Type: Article

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