Anti-inflammatory effect of Momordica grosvenori Swingle extract through suppressed LPS-induced upregulation of iNOS and COX-2 in murine macrophages

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 145-152

  Pan, Min Hsiung ^a   Yang, Ji Rui ^a   Tsai, Mei Ling ^a   Sang, Shengmin ^b   Ho, Chi Tang ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b University of North Carolina Nutrition Center   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX 2); Inducible NO synthesis (iNOS); Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); Mitogen activated protein (MAPK); Momordica grosvenori Swingle; NF B; Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase (PI3K); RAW 264.7 monocyte macrophages

Indexed keywords

MOMORDICA; MURINAE;

EID: 64349124504     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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