An ethanolic extract of Uncaria tomentosa reduces inflammation and B16-BL6 melanoma growth in C57BL/6 mice;Un extracto etanólico de Uncaria tomentosa reduce la inflamación y el crecimiento del melanoma B16/BL6 en ratones C57BL/6

Boletin Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Plantas Medicinales y Aromaticas

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 217-224

  Fazio, Ana Laura ^a   Ballén, Diana ^b   Cesari, Italo M ^b   Abad, María Jesús ^a   Arsenak, Miriam ^a   Taylor, Peter ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^b Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

B16 BL6 mouse; Cancer; Inflammation; NF B; Uncaria tomentosa

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG METASTASIS; MELANOMA; MELANOMA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 77953807979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07177917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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