Dual inhibitory effect of Glycyrrhiza glabra (GutGard™) on COX and LOX products

Phytomedicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 278-284

  Chandrasekaran, C V ^a   Deepak, H B ^a   Thiyagarajan, P ^a   Kathiresan, S ^a   Sangli, Gopal Krishna ^a   Deepak, M ^a   Agarwal, Amit ^a  

^a Natural Remedies Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

COX products (PGE 2, TXB 2); Glycyrrhiza glabra; Inflammation; LOX product (LTB 4); Phytoconstituents (glabridin, isoliquiritigenin, glycyrrhizin)

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; GLABRIDIN; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; GUTGARD; ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOXYGENASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; THROMBOXANE B2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MACROPHAGE; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALCIMYCIN; CELL LINE; CHALCONES; DINOPROSTONE; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; LEUKOTRIENE B4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIPOXYGENASE; MICE; PHENOLS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; THROMBOXANE B2;

GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 79951721813     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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