Anti-eosinophilic effect of Lafoensia pacari in toxocariasis

Phytomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 348-357

  Rogerio, A P ^a   Sa Nunes A ^a   Albuquerque, D A ^b   Soares, E G ^a   Faccioli, L H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory activity; Dexamethasone; Eosinophils; Lafoensia pacari; Toxocara canis

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 5; LAFOENSIA PACARI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAFOENSIA PACARI; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION; LUNG LAVAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXOCARIASIS;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL MOVEMENT; DEXAMETHASONE; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; LIVER; LYTHRACEAE; MICE; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TOXOCARIASIS;

LAFOENSIA PACARI; MUS; TOXOCARA CANIS;

EID: 41949130503     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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