Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of extracts from Cassia alata, Eleusine indica, Eremomastax speciosa, Carica papaya and Polyscias fulva medicinal plants collected in Cameroon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Sagnia, Bertrand ^a   Fedeli, Donatella ^b   Casetti, Rita ^c   Montesano, Carla ^d   Falcioni, Giancarlo ^b   Colizzi, Vittorio ^c,d  

^a Laboratory of Systems Biology   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARICA PAPAYA EXTRACT; CASSIA ALATA EXTRACT; ELEUSINE INDICA EXTRACT; EREMOMASTAX SPECIOSA EXTRACT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSCIAS FULVA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MALONALDEHYDE; PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BARK; CAMEROON; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMET ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELEUSINE INDICA; EREMOMASTAX SPECIOSA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMMA DELTA T LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMATURE DENDRITIC CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPAYA; PLANT STEM; POLYSCIAS FULVA; SENNA ALATA; ACANTHACEAE; ARALIACEAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARICA; CASSIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELEUSINE; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACANTHACEAE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARALIACEAE; CAMEROON; CARICA; CASSIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; ELEUSINE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LUMINESCENCE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84905457668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103999     Document Type: Article

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