Effects of Curcumin on Lung Histopathology and Fungal Burden in a Mouse Model of Chronic Asthma and Oropharyngeal Candidiasis

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-87

  Karaman, Meral ^a   Arikan Ayyildiz, Zeynep ^a   Firinci, Fatih ^a   Kiray, Müge ^a   Baĝriyanik, Alper ^a   Yilmaz, Osman ^a   Uzuner, Nevin ^a   Karaman, Özkan ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C. albicans colonization; Chronic asthma; Curcumin; Mouse; Oropharyngeal candidiasis

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; NITRIC ACID; OVALBUMIN; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OROPHARYNX CANDIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CURCUMIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; OVALBUMIN; TONGUE;

EID: 79955733690     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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