A review on the anti-inflammatory activity of pomegranate in the gastrointestinal tract

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Colombo, Elisa ^a   Sangiovanni, Enrico ^a   Dell'Agli, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; CATALASE; CIMETIDINE; ELLAGIC ACID; ELLAGITANNIN; GALLAGIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MUCIN 2; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OMEPRAZOLE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; PUNICALIN; RANITIDINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TANNIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROLITHIN A; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIDIARRHEAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIULCER ACTIVITY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIARRHEA; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; POMEGRANATE; POMEGRANATE JUICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH ULCER;

EID: 84876583126     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/247145     Document Type: Review

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