Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of Equisetum hyemale

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-243

  Park, Eun Young ^a   Jeon, Hoon ^b  

^a Jeonju University   (South Korea)

^b Woosuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Antioxidant; Equisetum hyemale

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ASCORBIC ACID; AUTACOID; EQUISETUM HYEMALE EXTRACT; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM HYEMALE; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 58249100130     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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