Curcumin attenuates ovalbumin-induced airway inflammation by regulating nitric oxide

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 375, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-279

  Moon, Dong Oh ^a   Kim, Mun Ock ^b   Lee, Hee Jeong ^b   Choi, Yung Hyun ^c   Park, Yeong Min ^d   Heo, Moon Soo ^a   Kim, Gi Young ^a  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Curcumin; Inducible nitric oxide synthase; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; METHACHOLINE; NITRIC OXIDE; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL LINE; CURCUMIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; LUNG; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OVALBUMIN; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 50549103821     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.08.025     Document Type: Article

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