Evaluation of cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activities of extracts and lectins from Moringa oleifera seeds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Araújo, Larissa Cardoso Corrêa ^a   Aguiar, Jaciana Santos ^a   Napoleão, Thiago Henrique ^a   Mota, Fernanda Virgínia Barreto ^a   Barros, André Luiz Souza ^a   Moura, Maiara Celine ^a   Coriolano, Marília Cavalcanti ^a   Coelho, Luana Cassandra Breitenbach Barroso ^a   Silva, Teresinha Gonçalves ^a   Paiva, Patrícia Maria Guedes ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE MICOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LECTIN; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CARRAGEENAN-INDUCED PLEURISY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARRAGEENAN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXINS; ERYTHROCYTES; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; PLEURISY; SEEDS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84891935014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081973     Document Type: Article

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