Suppression of ovalbumin-induced Th2-driven airway inflammation by β-sitosterol in a guinea pig model of asthma

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 650, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 458-464

  Mahajan, Shailaja G ^a   Mehta, Anita A ^a  

^a L M COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

sitosterol; Asthma; Cytokines; Moringa oleifera; Ovalbumin

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; DEXAMETHASONE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; KETOTIFEN FUMARATE; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; OVALBUMIN; SITOSTEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHOSPASM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; GUINEA PIG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TH2 CELL; TIDAL VOLUME;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHIAL SPASM; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CELL COUNT; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; HISTAMINE; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MALE; OVALBUMIN; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SITOSTEROLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 78649757010     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.09.075     Document Type: Article

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