Involvement of NO in the inhibitory effect of Calotropis procera latex protein fractions on leukocyte rolling, adhesion and infiltration in rat peritonitis model

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-392

  Ramos, Márcio V ^a   Oliveira, Jefferson S ^a   Figueiredo, Jozy G ^a   Figueiredo, Ingrid S T ^a   Kumar, Vijay L ^b   Bitencourt, Flávio S ^a   Cunha, F Q ^c   Oliveira, Raquel S B ^a   Bomfim, Liezelotte R ^d   Lima Filho, José Vitor ^e   Alencar, Nylane M N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Intravital microscopy; Latex; Laticifer proteins

Indexed keywords

CALOTROPIS PROCERA EXTRACT; CARRAGEENAN; MORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE ROLLING; MALE; MESENTERY BLOOD FLOW; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PERITONITIS; RAT; RODENT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CALOTROPIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; LATEX; LEUKOCYTE ROLLING; MALE; MESENTERY; NITRIC OXIDE; PERITONITIS; PLANT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

CALOTROPIS PROCERA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 69949111539     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.07.030     Document Type: Article

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