Inhibition of Nitric Oxide production and proinflammatory cytokines by several medicinal plants

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-169

  Amirghofran, Zahra ^a,b   Malek Hosseini, Saeed ^a   Golmoghaddam, Hossein ^a   Kalantar, Fathollah ^a   Shabani, Mehdi ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Medicinal plants; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYTOKINE; DIONYSIA TERMEANA EXTRACT; DRACOCEPHALUM KOTSCHYI EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA CHEIRADENIA EXTRACT; FERULAGO ANGULATA EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LINUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SALVIA MIRZAYANII EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIONYSIA TERMEANA; DRACOCEPHALUM KOTSCHYI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUPHORBIA CHEIRADENIA; FERULAGO ANGULATA; IRAN; LINUM PERSICUM; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; SALVIA MIRZAYANII;

EID: 80054123110     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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