Triptolide: Progress on research in pharmacodynamics and toxicology

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-79

  Li, Xiao Jiaoyang ^a   Jiang, Zhen Zhou ^a   Zhang, Lu Yong ^a  

^a CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anti tumor; Metabolism; Toxicity; Tripterygium wilfordii Hook. f.; Triptolide

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CAMPTOTHECIN; CASPASE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEIN MDM2; RNA POLYMERASE II; TACROLIMUS; TRIPTOLIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASOSTATIN; X LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS; DITERPENE; EPOXIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; AUTOPHAGY; BEHCET DISEASE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER CELL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOTOXICITY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CELL CYCLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG HYDROXYLATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG SAFETY; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUPUS VULGARIS; MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; MEDLINE; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TOXICOLOGY; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII; TUMOR GROWTH; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; TRIPTERYGIUM;

ANIMALS; DITERPENES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PHENANTHRENES; TRIPTERYGIUM;

EID: 84905007521     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.06.006     Document Type: Review

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