Anti-inflammatory and anticancer compounds isolated from Ventilago madraspatana Gaertn., Rubia cordifolia Linn. and Lantana camara Linn.

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1158-1166

  Ghosh, Subhalakshmi ^a   Das Sarma, Madhushree ^a   Patra, Amarendra ^a,b   Hazra, Banasri ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory activity; anticancer activity; inducible nitric oxide synthase; Lantana camara; Rubia cordifolia; Ventilago madraspatana

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYTECTOQUINONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CAMPTOTHECIN; DOXORUBICIN; EMODIN; INDOMETACIN; LANTANA CAMARA EXTRACT; OLEANONIC ACID; PHYSCION; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT STEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RUBIA; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; VENTILAGO MADRASPATANA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTIOXIDANTS; CARRAGEENAN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LANTANA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NEOPLASMS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUINONES; RHAMNACEAE; RUBIA;

EID: 77955241252     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.2010.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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