Anti-inflammatory and cicatrizing activities of a carbohydrate fraction isolated from sugary kefir

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 356-361

  Moreira, M E C ^a   Santos, M H Dos ^b   Zolini, G P P ^a   Wouters, A T B ^a   Carvalho, J C T ^c   Schneedorf, J M ^b  

^a Universidade Jose do Rosario Vellano   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALFENAS   (Brazil)

^c Centro de Ciências Biológicas e Da Saúde   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Kefir; Prebiotic; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CARRAGEENAN; DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; EDEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIROMETRY; SCAR FORMATION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 46749135226     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2007.329     Document Type: Article

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