Chios gum mastic: A review of its biological activities

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2292-2302

  Paraschos, S ^a   Mitakou, S ^a   Skaltsounis, A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anti cancer activity; Anti helicobacter pylori activity; Anti inflammatory activity; Mastic; Mastic acidic fraction; Mastic neutral fraction; Pistacia lentiscus (L.) var. chia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AMOXICILLIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD36 ANTIGEN; CLARITHROMYCIN; GLUTATHIONE; METRONIDAZOLE; OLEANOLIC ACID; OMEPRAZOLE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PANTOPRAZOLE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PISTACIA LENTISCUS EXTRACT; PLACEBO; RESERPINE; RESIN;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON TUMOR; DOWN REGULATION; DUODENUM ULCER; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HYPOLIPEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LUNG CARCINOMA; MICROSPORUM CANIS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PEPTIC ULCER; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PH; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS FRAGI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SHRUB; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH PAIN; STOMACH ULCER; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON VIOLACEUM;

EID: 84860674938     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712800229014     Document Type: Article

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