Anti-inflammatory effect of α, β-Amyrin, a pentacyclic triterpene from Protium heptaphyllum in rat model of acute periodontitis

Inflammopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-52

  Holanda Pinto, S A ^a   Pinto, L M S ^a   Cunha, G M A ^a   Chaves, M H ^b   Santos, F A ^a   Rao, V S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

, Amyrin; Acute phase periodontitis; Anti inflammatory activity; MPO and TBARS; TNF alpha; Triterpene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYRIN; BETA AMYRIN; DEXAMETHASONE; LIPID; LUMIRACOXIB; MYELOPEROXIDASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; GINGIVA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MAXILLA; MOLAR TOOTH; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PARAMETER; PERIODONTITIS; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTIUM HEPTAPHYLLUM; RAT; SHAM PROCEDURE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BURSERACEAE; DEXAMETHASONE; DICLOFENAC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GINGIVA; GINGIVITIS; ISOMERISM; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; OLEANOLIC ACID; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PENTACYCLIC TRITERPENES; PERIODONTITIS; PEROXIDASE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 39149117712     PISSN: 09254692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10787-007-1609-x     Document Type: Article

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