Silymarin as a potential novel addition to the limited anti-vitiligo weaponry: An untested hypothesis

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 467-

  Feily, A ^a   Namazi, M R ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology   (India)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOKINE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; SILYMARIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; LETTER; LIVER PROTECTION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH2 CELL; VITILIGO;

3',5'-CYCLIC-AMP PHOSPHODIESTERASES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYCLIC AMP; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HUMANS; MICE; SILYMARIN; VITILIGO;

EID: 79960167075     PISSN: 09461965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/CP201557     Document Type: Letter

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