Long-term oral administration of Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract attenuates airway inflammation and Th2 cell activities in ovalbumin-sensitized mice

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2592-2598

  Liou, Chian Jiun ^a   Huang, Wen Chung ^a   Kuo, Ming Ling ^b   Yang, Rong Chi ^c   Shen, Jiann Jong ^b,c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Asthma; Cytokines; Eosinophils; Gynostemma pentaphyllum; T helper cells

Indexed keywords

GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLLUM EXTRACT; OVALBUMIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; SPLEEN CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; GYNOSTEMMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SPLEEN; TH2 CELLS;

GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLLUM; MUS;

EID: 77956344863     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.06.020     Document Type: Article

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