Potential anti-inflammatory properties of crude alcoholic Extract of Ocimum basilicum L. in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 500-505

  Selvakkumar, Chinnasamy ^a   Gayathri, Balakrishnan ^a   Vinaykumar, Kontham Sanathkumar ^a   Lakshmi, Baddireddi Subhadra ^a   Balakrishnan, Arun ^b  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Piramal Enterprises Limited   (India)

Author keywords

Nitric oxide; Ocimum basilicum; Pro inflammatory cytokines

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONOPHARMACOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MEDIATOR; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL;

LAMIACEAE; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 34547556415     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.53.500     Document Type: Article

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