Anti-inflammatory effect of Mentha longifolia in lipopolysaccharide- stimulated macrophages: Reduction of nitric oxide production through inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 393-400

  Karimian, Parastoo ^a   Kavoosi, Gholamreza ^a   Amirghofran, Zahra ^b,c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS); Macrophages; Mentha longifolia; Nitric oxide (NO)

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BUTANOL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA EXTRACT; MESSENGER RNA; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MENTHA LONGIFOLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MENTHA; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OILS, VOLATILE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84888063937     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1547691X.2012.758679     Document Type: Article

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