Anti-inflammatory activity of sulfur-containing compounds from garlic

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 992-999

  Lee, Da Yeon ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Lim, Hyo Jin ^a   Lee, Hwa Jin ^a   Jeon, Raok ^a   Ryu, Jae Ha ^a  

^a Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allium compounds; anti inflammatory; garlic; nitric oxide; nuclear factor B

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; GARLIC; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELL LINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; GARLIC; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84868559565     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2012.2275     Document Type: Article

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