Protective effect of pine (Pinus morrisonicola Hay.) needle on LDL oxidation and its anti-inflammatory action by modulation of iNOS and COX-2 expression in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-185

  Yen, Gow Chin ^a   Duh, Pin Der ^b   Huang, Din Wen ^a   Hsu, Chin Lin ^a   Fu, Timothy Yu Chi ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c Jen Ai General Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

COX 2; Epicatechin; Inflammation; iNOS; LDL oxidation; p Coumaric acid; Pine needle

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PINUS MORRISONICOLA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PINE; PINUS MORRISONICOLA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CHROMANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PICRATES; PINUS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

PINUS MORRISONICOLA;

EID: 36849059219     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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