Safranal of crocus sativus L. Inhibits inducible nitric oxide synthase and attenuates asthma in a mouse model of asthma

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 617-627

  Bukhari, Syed Imran ^a   Pattnaik, Bijay ^b   Rayees, Sheikh ^c   Kaul, Sanjana ^a   Dhar, Manoj K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

AHR; apoptosis; Crocus sativus; cytochrome c; cytokine; nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

CROCIN; CROCUS SATIVUS EXTRACT; CYTOCHROME C; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NATURAL PRODUCTS AND THEIR SYNTHETIC DERIVATIVES; NITRIC OXIDE; PEROXYNITRITE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAFFRON; SAFRANAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; CYTOKINE; NOS2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; TERPENE;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL DAMAGE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; ASTHMA; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CROCUS; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; LUNG; METABOLISM;

CROCUS SATIVUS; MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHMA; CELLS, CULTURED; CROCUS; CYCLOHEXENES; CYTOCHROMES C; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXYNITROUS ACID; PLANT EXTRACTS; TERPENES;

EID: 84926459409     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.5315     Document Type: Article

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