Anti-inflammatory properties of Ajuga bracteosa in vivo and in vitro study and their effects on mouse model of liver fibrosis

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 116-125

  Hsieh, Wen Tsong ^a   Liu, Yu Ting ^a   Lin, Wen Chuan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ajuga bracteosa; Liver fibrosis; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

AJUGA BRACTEOSA EXTRACT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CD14 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN P50; SYNAPTOTAGMIN I; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

AJUGA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; KUPFFER CELLS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSAMINASES;

AJUGA BRACTEOSA; MUS;

EID: 79955475342     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.02.031     Document Type: Article

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