Entada africana fraction CH2Cl2/MEOH 5% inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase and pro-inflammatory cytokines gene expression induced by lipopolysaccharide in microglia

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Owona, Brice A ^a,b   Njayou, Nico F ^b   Laufer, Stefan A ^c   Schluesener, Hermann J ^a   Moundipa, Paul F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Baicalin; Cytokines; Entada africana; Microglia; p38 MAPK Kinase

Indexed keywords

BAICALIN; DICHLOROMETHANE; ENTADA AFRICANA EXTRACT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 14; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENTADA AFRICANA; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOKINES; FABACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; METHANOL; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MICE; MICROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84884832375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-13-254     Document Type: Article

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