Amelioration of asthmatic inflammation by an aqueous extract of Spinacia oleracea Linn

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 409-414

  Heo, Jun Chul ^a   Park, Chul Hong ^a   Lee, Hyun Jin ^a   Kim, Si Oh ^b   Kim, Tae Ho ^c   Lee, Sang Han ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; Asthma; Inflammation; Ovalbumin challenge model; Spinacia oleracea Linn

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SPINACIA OLERACEA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINACH; STAINING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CELL LINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; LUNG; MALE; MICE; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 76949097237     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm_00000359     Document Type: Article

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