Chlorophyll revisited: Anti-inflammatory activities of chlorophyll a and inhibition of expression of TNF-α gene by the same

Inflammation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 959-966

  Subramoniam, Appian ^a   Asha, Velikkakathu V ^b   Nair, Sadasivan Ajikumaran ^a   Sasidharan, Sreejith P ^b   Sureshkumar, Parameswaran K ^a   Rajendran, Krishnan Nair ^c   Karunagaran, Devarajan ^d   Ramalingam, Krishnan ^d  

^a Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Azienda Ospedaliera della provincia di Pavia   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. King Robin; Nuclear factor B; Paw edema; Pheophytin a; Streblus asper Lour

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; CURCUMIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DICLOFENAC; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PHEOPHYTIN A; PHEOPHYTIN B; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 GENE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT LEAF; RAT; TNF ALPHA GENE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARRAGEENAN; CHLOROPHYLL; CHROMOLAENA; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EDEMA; EUPATORIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MORACEAE; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PHEOPHYTINS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; MUS; RATTUS; STREBLUS ASPER;

EID: 84863803531     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: 15732576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-011-9399-0     Document Type: Article

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