Cecropia pachystachya extract attenuated the renal lesion in 5/6 nephrectomized rats by reducing inflammation and renal arginase activity

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 158, Issue PART A, 2014, Pages 49-57

  Maquiaveli, Claudia C ^a   Da Silva, Edson R ^a   Rosa, Lara C ^a   Francescato, Heloísa D C ^a   Lucon Júnior, João Francisco ^a   Silva, Cleonice G A ^a   Casarini, Dulce E ^b   Ronchi, Fernanda A ^b   Coimbra, Terezila M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II; Arginase; Cecropia pachystachya; Hypertension; Inflammation; Renal diseases

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ARGINASE 1; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA EXTRACT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; ORIENTIN; PLANT EXTRACT; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ALBUMINURIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CECROPIA; CECROPIA PACHYSTACHYA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY INJURY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 84908592595     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.09.042     Document Type: Article

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