Antinociceptive and anti-inflammatory activities of cuscuta chinensis seeds in mice

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 223-242

  Liao, Jung Chun ^a,b   Chang, Wen Te ^a   Lee, Meng Shiou ^a   Chiu, Yung Jia ^a   Chao, Wei Kai ^a   Lin, Ying Chih ^c   Lin, Ming Kuem ^a,d   Peng, Wen Huang ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c JEN TEH JUNIOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Anti inflammation; COX; Cuscuta chinensis; Cuscutae Semen; SOD

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARRAGEENAN; CUSCUTA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSCUTA CHINENSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORMALIN TEST; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT SEED; TOXICITY TESTING; WRITHING TEST;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CARRAGEENAN; CUSCUTA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDEMA; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; SEEDS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84893446541     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500153     Document Type: Article

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