Curcumin alleviates eosinophilic meningitis through reduction of eosinophil count following albendazole treatment against Angiostrongylus cantonensis in mice

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 358-365

  Shyu, Ling Yuh ^a   Chang, Han Hsin ^a   Hsu, Jeng Dong ^a   Lin, David Pei Cheng ^a   Teng, Ying Hock ^a   Lee, Hsiu Hsiung ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; complementary medication; curcumin; eosinophilic meningitis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CURCUMIN; GELATINASE B;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MENINGITIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN; CURCUMIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; LARVA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MENINGITIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84863347490     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001922     Document Type: Article

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