Downregulation effects of beta-elemene on the levels of plasma endotoxin, serum TNF-alpha, and hepatic CD14 expression in rats with liver fibrosis

Frontiers of Medicine in China

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-105

  Liu, Jianguo ^a   Zhang, Zhe ^b   Gao, Jiechang ^a   Xie, Jiwen ^a   Yang, Lin ^a   Hu, Shenjun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN IRON AND STEEL GROUP CORPORATION   (China)

Author keywords

Beta elemene; CD14; Endotoxin; Liver fibrosis

Indexed keywords

BETA ELEMENE; BETA-ELEMENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CD14 ANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SESQUITERPENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHINA; CURCUMA LONGA; DISEASE MODEL; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; INTOXICATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD14; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE POISONING; CHINA; CURCUMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOTOXINS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SESQUITERPENES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 80055071522     PISSN: 16737342     EISSN: 16737458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-011-0111-4     Document Type: Article

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