Sutherlandia frutescens ethanol extracts inhibit oxidative stress and inflammatory responses in neurons and microglial cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Jiang, Jinghua ^a   Chuang, Dennis Y ^b   Zong, Yijia ^b   Patel, Jayleenkumar ^a   Brownstein, Korey ^a   Lei, Wei ^b   Lu, Chi Hua ^b   Simonyi, Agnes ^a   Gu, Zezong ^a   Cui, Jiankun ^a   Rottinghaus, George E ^b   Fritsche, Kevin L ^b   Lubahn, Dennis B ^a,b   Folk, William R ^a,b   Sun, Grace Y ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; GAMMA INTERFERON; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN STAT1 ALPHA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; STAT1 PROTEIN; SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FETUS; FILOPODIUM; INFLAMMATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FABACEAE; METABOLISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ETHANOL; FABACEAE; INFLAMMATION; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84896112167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089748     Document Type: Article

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