Anti-acne activity of Selaginella involvens extract and its non-antibiotic antimicrobial potential on Propionibacterium acnes

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-339

  Seong, Soo Joo ^a   Su, Kil Jang ^b   Sung, Geun Kim ^b   Choi, Jae Seok ^c   Kwang, Woo Hwang ^b   Do, Ik Lee ^b  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Inflammatory acne; Keratinocyte; Nitric oxide; P. acnes; S. involvens

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYL RADICAL; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SELAGINELLA INVOLVENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; KERATINOCYTE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SELAGINELLA INVOLVENS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CELL LINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; KERATINOCYTES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SELAGINELLACEAE;

PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SELAGINELLA;

EID: 40849119842     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2319     Document Type: Article

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