Constituents isolated from Cordyceps militaris suppress enhanced inflammatory mediator's production and human cancer cell proliferation

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 363-367

  Rao, Yerra Koteswara ^a   Fang, Shih Hua ^b   Wu, Wen Shi ^c   Tzeng, Yew Min ^a  

^a CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (Taiwan)

^c CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cordyceps militaris; Human cancer cells proliferation; Inflammatory mediators; Phytoconstituents

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CORDYCEPIN; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS EXTRACT; ERGOSTEROL; ERGOSTEROL PEROXIDE; FUNGAL EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PALMITIC ACID; SILICA GEL; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORDYCEPS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; NEOPLASMS; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOTHERAPY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

CORDYCEPS MILITARIS;

EID: 77956264611     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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