Anti-Neuroinflammatory effects of the extract of Achillea fragrantissima

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Elmann, Anat ^a   Mordechay, Sharon ^a   Erlank, Hilla ^a   Telerman, Alona ^a   Rindner, Miriam ^a   Ofir, Rivka ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Achillea fragrantissima; Cyclooxygenase 2; Matrix metalloproteinase 9; Microglial cells; Neuroinflammation; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA FRAGRANTISSIMA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DICHLOROFLUORESCEIN; GELATINASE B; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACHILLEA FRAGRANTISSIMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SECRETION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYMOGRAPHY; ACHILLEA; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; WISTAR RAT;

ACHILLEA; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 80054717450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-98     Document Type: Article

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