Anti-inflammatory potential of curcumin and quercetin in rats: Role of oxidative stress, heme oxygenase-1 and TNF-α

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 551-560

  Heeba, Gehan H ^a   Mahmoud, Magda E ^b   Hanafy, Amr A El ^c,d  

^a Minia University   (Egypt)

^b Minia University   (Egypt)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Universities and Research centers District   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Curcumin; heme oxygenase 1; inflammation; oxidative stress; quercetin; TNF

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CURCUMIN; HEME OXYGENASE; HMOX1 PROTEIN, RAT; INDOMETACIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; QUERCETIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CARRAGEENAN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTATHIONE; HEME OXYGENASE 1; LIPID PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG INTERACTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CURCUMIN; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); INDOMETHACIN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; QUERCETIN; RATS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84903525955     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712462444     Document Type: Article

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