Anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and heme oxygenase-1 inhibitory activities of Ravan Napas, a formulation of Uighur traditional medicine, in a rat model of allergic asthma

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Upur, Halmurat ^a   Abdureyim, Sajida ^a   Amat, Nurmuhammat ^a   Umar, Anwar ^a,b   Berke, Benedicte ^b   Moore, Nicholas ^a,b  

^a XINJIANG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEME OXYGENASE 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RAVAN NAPAS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROSOL; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FENNEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; JUJUBE; LEGUME; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; MALVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SAFFLOWER; TISSUE SECTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TURNIP; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 78349264660     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/725926     Document Type: Article

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