A critical review of the therapeutic potential of dibenzyl trisulphide isolated from Petiveria alliacea L (Guinea hen weed, anamu)

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-21

  Williams, Lawrence A D ^a   Rosner, H ^b   Levy, H G ^c   Barton, E N ^d  

^a Scientific Research Council   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c PG Pharma   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANKYRIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; DIBENZYL TRISULFIDE; GEFITINIB; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMATINIB; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PETIVERIA ALLIACEA EXTRACT; SIGMA OPIATE RECEPTOR; THYMULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER THERAPY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG COST; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IRRITABLE COLON; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PETIVERIA ALLIACEA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TARGETING; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARFISH; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; WEED; ZYGOTE;

EID: 34347254596     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442007000100004     Document Type: Review

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