The paradox of natural products as pharmaceuticals. Experimental evidences of a mango stem bark extract

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 351-358

  Núñez Sellés, Alberto J ^a   Delgado Hernández, René ^a   Garrido Garrido, Gabino ^a   García Rivera, Dagmar ^a   Guevara García, Mariela ^a   Pardo Andreu, Gilberto L ^a  

^a Center of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Cuba   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Health; Mangifera indica; Monoceuticals; Natural products; Natureceuticals; Oxidative stress; Quality of life; Vimang

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROPEROXIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE B4; MALONALDEHYDE; MANGO STEM BARK EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMANG;

AGE; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BARK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATOMYCOSIS; DRUG ISOLATION; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MANGO; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOSAGE FORMS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MANGIFERA; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34147200398     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2007.01.004     Document Type: Review

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