Effect on tumor necrosis factor-α production and antioxidant ability of black alder, as factors related to its anti-inflammatory properties

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 542-548

  Acero, Nuria ^a   Muñoz Mingarro, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

Author keywords

black alder; free radical scavenging activities; reactive oxygen species; tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; ALNUS GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETULIC ACID; FLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; SAPONIN; SUPEROXIDE; TANNIN; TERPENE; THALIDOMIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDER; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CELL ASSAY; CELL LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DETERMINATION; HELA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALNUS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA;

EID: 84861981029     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2011.0281     Document Type: Article

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