Studies of biological properties of Uncaria tomentosa extracts on human blood mononuclear cells

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 669-678

  Bors, Milena ^a   Michałowicz, Jaromir ^a   Pilarski, Radosław ^b   Sicińska, Paulina ^a   Gulewicz, Krzysztof ^b   Bukowska, Bozena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cat's claw; Cell viability; Human blood mononuclear cells; Reactive oxygen species; Uncaria tomentosa

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL; ISOMITRAPHYLLINE; ISOPTEROPODINE; MITRAPHYLLINE; PTEROPODINE; SPECIOPHYLLINE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCARINE F; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BARK; CELL GRANULE; CELL SIZE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLANT LEAF; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

APOPTOSIS; CAT'S CLAW; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXINS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PROTEIN CARBONYLATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SOLVENTS; WATER;

UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 84863987619     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.05.036     Document Type: Article

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