Phytochemicals as a potential source for TNF-α inhibitors

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-93

  Iqbal, Muzamal ^a   Verpoorte, Robert ^a   Korthout, Henrie A A J ^b   Mustafa, Natali Rianika ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FYTAGORAS BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inflammatory disorders; Medicines; Natural products; Plants; TNF inhibitors

Indexed keywords

AMORADICIN; APIGENIN; BAICALEIN; BAICALIN; BUTEIN; CATECHIN; CYANIDIN; CYTOKINE; ERIODICTYOL; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; FLAVONOL DERIVATIVE; GENISTEIN; HESPERETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LIGNAN; LUTEOLIN; MORIN; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; NATURAL PRODUCT; PHLORETIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; QUERCETIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA INHIBITOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VELUTIN; WOGONIN;

ASTHMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENTERITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SEPTIC SHOCK;

EID: 84876682891     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-012-9251-7     Document Type: Review

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