Effects of a mixture of fatty acids from sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum L.) wax oil in two models of inflammation: Zymosan-induced arthritis and mice tail test of psoriasis

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 690-695

  Ledon N ^a   Casaco A ^a   Remirez, D ^b   Gonzalez A ^a   Cruz, J ^c   Gonzalez R ^c   Capote, A ^c   Tolon Z ^c   Rojas, E ^c   Rodriguez V J ^c   Merino, N ^c   Rodriguez S ^c   Ancheta, O ^c   Cano, M C ^c  

^a CENTER OF MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY   (Cuba)

^b Centro para el Control Estatal de la Calidad de los Medicamentos   (Cuba)

^c NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory agent; Arthritis; Fatty acids; Psoriasis; Sugar cane; Zymosan

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; KERATOHYALIN; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID; SUGARCANE WAX OIL; TRIAMCINOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARACHIDONIC ACID METABOLISM; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARAKERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SUGARCANE; SYNOVITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PLANT OILS; PSORIASIS; SACCHARUM;

MUS; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

EID: 34548743432     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.12.019     Document Type: Article

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