Antiinflammatory, antioxidant, and immunological effects of carum copticum L. and some of its constituents

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1739-1748

  Alavinezhad, Azam ^a   Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory; Antioxidant; Carum copticum; Carvacrol; Immunological effect; Thymol

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; 2 CYMENE; 2 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; 3 O BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA PINENE; CARRAGEENAN; CARUM COPTICUM EXTRACT; CARVACROL; CATALASE; ELASTASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 4; NITRIC OXIDE; ORCINOL; PARA CYMENE; PHENYLBUTAZONE; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TERPINENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APIACEAE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTHRITIS; CARUM COPTICUM; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNITY; IRAN; LIVER TOXICITY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAW EDEMA; RAT; REVIEW; STOMACH LESION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

TRACHYSPERMUM COPTICUM;

EID: 84917743729     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5200     Document Type: Review

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