Extract of tripterygium wilfordii Hook F protect dopaminergic neurons against lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory damage

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 801-814

  Liu, Yuxin ^a   Chen, Hui Ling ^b   Yang, Gengliang ^c  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Quality Control   (China)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide; Microglia; Neuroprotection; Parkinson's Disease; Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; EMBRYO; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; TRIPTERYGIUM;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MESENCEPHALON; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT BARK; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; TRIPTERYGIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 77954620000     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X10008251     Document Type: Article

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