Anti-inflammation effects of corn silk in a rat model of carrageenin-induced pleurisy

Inflammation

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 822-827

  Wang, Guang Qiang ^a   Xu, Tao ^a   Bu, Xue Mei ^a   Liu, Bao Yi ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carrageenin; Corn silk; Exudate; Inflammation; Pleurisy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARRAGEENAN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CORN SILK EXTRACT; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; OXYGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN SILK; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARRAGEENAN; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; INTERLEUKIN-17; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLEURAL CAVITY; PLEURISY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; ZEA MAYS;

RATTUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863807819     PISSN: 03603997     EISSN: 15732576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10753-011-9382-9     Document Type: Article

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