Inhibitory effects of steroidal timosaponins isolated from the rhizomes of Anemarrhena asphodeloides against passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction and pruritus

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-363

  Lee, Bomi ^a   Trinh, Hien Trung ^a   Jung, Kangsik ^a   Han, Sang Jun ^a   Kim, Dong Hyun ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anemarrhena asphodeloides; Passive cutaneous anaphylaxis reaction; Sarsasapogenin; Scratching behavior; Timosaponin AIII

Indexed keywords

ANEMARRHENA ASPHODELOIDES EXTRACT; AZELASTINE; DRUG METABOLITE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SARSASAPOGENIN; TIMOSAPONIN AIII; TIMOSAPONIN BIII; TIMOSAPONIN D; TIMOSAPONIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMARRHENA ASPHODELOIDES; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEGRANULATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; RAT; RHIZOME; SCRATCHING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANEMARRHENA; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED ICR; PASSIVE CUTANEOUS ANAPHYLAXIS; PRURITUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHIZOME; SAPONINS; SPIROSTANS; STEROIDS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANEMARRHENA ASPHODELOIDES; LILIACEAE; MUS;

EID: 77955481701     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923970903383889     Document Type: Article

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