Inhibition of release of inflammatory mediators in rat peritoneal mast cells and murine macrophages by a Chinese herbal medicine formula (RCM-102)

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1270-1275

  Lenon, George Binh ^a   Xue, Charlie Changli ^a   Story, David Frederick ^a   Thien, Francis Chung Kong ^b   Chun, Guang Li ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Compound 48 80; Histamine; Leukotriene; Nitric oxide; Prostaglandins

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HISTAMINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; RCM 102; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BUPLEURUM CHINENSE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS; HAY FEVER; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MAGNOLIA LILIFLORA; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENTHA HAPLOCALYX; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERITONEUM CELL; PROSTAGLANDIN RELEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SAPOSHNIKOVIA DIVARICATA; SCHIZONEPETA TENUIFOLIA; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HISTAMINE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; MACROPHAGES; MAST CELLS; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROSTAGLANDINS; RATS;

MURINAE; RATTUS;

EID: 69749104127     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2608     Document Type: Article

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