Effects of Curcuma comosa on the expression of atherosclerosis-related cytokine genes in rabbits fed a high-cholesterol diet

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 608-613

  Charoenwanthanang, Puttavee ^a   Lawanprasert, Somsong ^a   Phivthong Ngam, Laddawal ^b   Piyachaturawat, Pawinee ^c   Sanvarinda, Yupin ^c   Porntadavity, Sureerut ^d  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Curcuma comosa; Cytokine; Liver toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CURCUMA COMOSA EXTRACT; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PLANT EXTRACT; SIMVASTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA COMOSA; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CURCUMA; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CURCUMA COMOSA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79954425672     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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