α,β-amyrin, a natural triterpenoid ameliorates L-arginine-induced acute pancreatitis in rats

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 4272-4280

  Melo, Caroline Mourão ^a   Carvalho, Karine Maria Martins Bezerra ^a   de Sousa Neves, Julliana Catharina ^a   Morais, Talita Cavalcante ^a   Rao, Vietla Satyanarayana ^a   Santos, Flávia Almeida ^a   de Castro Brito, Gerly Anne ^a   Chaves, Mariana Helena ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Cytokines; L arginine; Lipid peroxidation; ; amyrin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYRIN; AMYLASE; ARGININE; BETA AMYRIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRATE; NITRITE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRITERPENOID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77957557715     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i34.4272     Document Type: Article

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