Essential oil of Myrtus communis inhibits inflammation in rats by reducing serum IL-6 and TNF-α

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1545-1548

  Maxia, Andrea ^a,c   Frau, Maria Assunta ^a,c   Falconieri, Danilo ^a,c,d   Karchuli, Manvendra Singh ^b,c   Kasture, Sanjay ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Pinnacle Biomedical Research Institute   (India)

^c APRIN   (India)

^d Istituto Tecnico Industriale M   (Italy)

Author keywords

Edema; IL 6; MPO; Myrtus communis; TNF

Indexed keywords

CROTON OIL; DEXAMETHASONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; MYELOPEROXIDASE; MYRTUS COMMUNIS EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; EARDRUM DISEASE; EDEMA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRANULOMA; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN 4 BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION INHIBITION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA BLOOD LEVEL;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MUS; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; RATTUS;

EID: 80655145947     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100601034     Document Type: Article

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