Role of cinnabar and realgar of WSHFD in protecting against LPS-induced neurotoxicity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 822-828

  Zhang, Feng ^a   Lu, Yuanfu ^a   Wu, Qin ^a   Yan, Junwen ^a   Shi, Jingshan ^a   Liu, Jie ^a,b  

^a ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cinnabar; LPS; Microglia; Neuroprotection; Realgar; Wan Sheng Hua Feng Dan

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DOPAMINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; ISOMERASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MERCURY SULFIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E SYNTHASE 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REALGAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAN SHENG HUA FENG DAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLIA; MESENCEPHALON; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARSENICALS; DOPAMINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MESENCEPHALON; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RNA, MESSENGER; SULFIDES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84856230293     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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