In vitro anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activities of Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 872-877

  Suresh, V ^a   Sruthi, V ^b   Padmaja, B ^c   Asha, V V ^a  

^a RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Ayurveda Research Institute for Mother and Child Health Care   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cuscuta reflexa Roxb.; Hep3B; Inflammation; RAW264.7

Indexed keywords

CUSCUTA EXTRACT; CUSCUTA REFLEXA EXTRACT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; SURVIVIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA REFLEXA; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL LINE; CUSCUTA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; PLANT EXTRACTS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

CUSCUTA REFLEXA; MURINAE;

EID: 79954425801     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.01.043     Document Type: Article

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