Vernonia cinerea L. scavenges free radicals and regulates nitric oxide and proinflammatory cytokines profile in carrageenan induced paw edema model

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-102

  Pratheesh Kumar, P ^a   Kuttan, Girija ^a  

^a AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammation; Antioxidant; CRP; TNF ; Vernonia cinerea

Indexed keywords

CARRAGEENAN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RIBOFLAVIN; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA CINEREA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERNONIA; VERNONIA CINEREA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARRAGEENAN; CYTOKINES; EDEMA; ENZYMES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INFLAMMATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SUPEROXIDES; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; VERNONIA;

ASTERACEAE; MUS; VERNONIA CINEREA;

EID: 60749106386     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08923970802438391     Document Type: Article

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