Anti-inflammatory effects of essential oil in Echinacea purpurea L.

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 403-408

  Yu, Deqiang ^a   Yuan, Yi ^a   Jiang, Ling ^a   Tai, Yuling ^a   Yang, Xiumei ^a   Hu, Fang ^a   Xie, Zhongwen ^a  

^a ANHUI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animal models; Echinacea purpurea L.; Essential oils; Extracts; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; XYLENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EAR EDEMA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; FLOWER; GRANULATION TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASPIRIN; COTTON FIBER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISTILLATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ECHINACEA; EDEMA; EGG PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GRANULOMA, FOREIGN-BODY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; XYLENES;

EID: 84878077952     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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