Anti-inflammatory and apoptotic activities of pomolic acid isolated from Cecropia pachystachya

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-220

  Schinella, Guillermo ^b   Aquila, Silvia ^c   Dade, Martín ^d   Giner, Rosa ^a   Recio, María Del Carmen ^a   Spegazzini, Etile ^c   De Buschiazzo, Perla ^d   Tournier, Horacio ^b   Ríos, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Universidad Provincial del Sudoeste   (Argentina)

^c FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS EXACTAS   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ambay; Anti inflammatory activity; Apoptosis; Cecropia pachystachya; Moraceae; Neutrophils; Pomolic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CARRAGEENAN; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA EXTRACT; DICHLOROMETHANE EXTRACT; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOCORTIN 5; POMOLIC ACID; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; CECROPIA PLANT; FEMALE; MICE; OLEANOLIC ACID;

CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA; MORACEAE; MUS;

EID: 41349122874     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034301     Document Type: Article

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