Anti-inflammatory effect of α,β-amyrin, a triterpene from Protium heptaphyllum, on cerulein-induced acute pancreatitis in mice

Inflammation Research

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 673-681

  Melo, Caroline M ^a   Morais, Talita C ^a   Tomé, Adriana R ^b   Brito, Gerly Anne C ^a   Chaves, Mariana H ^c   Rao, Vietla S ^a   Santos, Flávia A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Amyrin; Cerulein; Mice; Pro inflammatory cytokines

Indexed keywords

ALPHA,BETA AMYRIN; AMYLASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CERULETIDE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYELOPEROXIDASE; THALIDOMIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; TRITERPENOID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINAR CELL; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; EDEMA; HISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS WEIGHT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTIUM HEPTAPHYLLUM;

AMYLASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BURSERACEAE; CAERULEIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OLEANOLIC ACID; PANCREATITIS; PEROXIDASE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 80051664374     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00011-011-0321-x     Document Type: Article

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