Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn) plumule polysaccharide protects the spleen and liver from spontaneous inflammation in non-obese diabetic mice by modulating pro-/anti-inflammatory cytokine gene expression

Food Chemistry

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 245-252

  Liao, Chun Huei ^a   Lin, Jin Yuarn ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lotus plumule polysaccharide; Non obese diabetic mice; Relative expression of pro anti inflammatory cytokine genes; Spontaneous inflammation; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE GENES; LOTUS PLUMULE POLYSACCHARIDE; NON-OBESE DIABETICS; SPONTANEOUS INFLAMMATION; TYPE 1 DIABETES;

MACROPHAGES; MAMMALS; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOTUS PLUMULE POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER WEIGHT; LOTUS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOUSE; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NONHUMAN; NONOBESE DIABETIC MOUSE; PLANT SEED; PROTECTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; SPLEEN PROTECTION; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENOMEGALY;

MUS; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 79959943999     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: 18737072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.03.103     Document Type: Article

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