Anti-inflammatory activity of Pistacia lentiscus essential oil: Involvement of IL-6 and TNF-α

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1543-1544

  Maxia, Andrea ^a,c   Sanna, Cinzia ^a,c   Frau, Maria Assunta ^a,c   Piras, Alessandra ^a,c   Karchuli, Manvendra Singh ^b,c   Kasture, Veena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Pinnacle Biomedical Research Institute   (India)

^c APRIN   (India)

Author keywords

Carrageenan; Edema; IL 6; Pistacia lentiscus; TNF

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PISTACIA LENTISCUS EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; GRANULOMA; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN 6 BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA BLOOD LEVEL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; RATTUS;

EID: 80655125241     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100601033     Document Type: Article

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