Gui-ling-gao (turtle jelly), a traditional Chinese functional food, exerts anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting iNOS and pro-inflammatory cytokine expressions in splenocytes isolated from BALB/c mice

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 625-632

  Zhang, Huan ^a   Wu, Min Yi ^b   Guo, De Jian ^b   Wan, Chun Wai ^a   Lau, Ching Ching ^a   Chan, Chi On ^a,b   Mok, Daniel Kam Wah ^a,b   Chan, Shun Wan ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology (Incubation)   (China)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Lipopolysaccharide; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Splenocytes; Turtle jelly

Indexed keywords

MUS; TESTUDINES; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84876732565     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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