Natural polyphenols as anti-inflammatory agents

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 2 S, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 318-331

  Acquaviva, Rosaria ^a   Iauk, Liliana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; COX1; COX2; Flavonoids; Inflammation; NFkB; Oxidative Stress; Polyphenols; Review

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FLAVONOID; NF KAPPA B KINASE; NF-KAPPA B KINASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYPHENOLS; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 77957324135     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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