The anti-allergic activity of Cymbopogon citratus is mediated via inhibition of nuclear factor kappa B (Nf-Κb) activation

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Santos Serafim Machado, Marta ^a,c   Ferreira Silva, Hugo Bernardino ^a   Rios, Raimon ^a   Pires de Oliveira, Anaque ^c   Vilany Queiroz Carneiro, Noma ^a   Santos Costa, Ryan ^a   Santos Alves, William ^a   Meneses Souza, Fabio Luis ^c   Silva Velozo, Eudes ^a   Alves de Souza, Silvana ^d   Sarmento Silva, Tania Maria ^d   Silva, Maria Lenise ^a   Pontes de Carvalho, Lain Carlos ^b   Alcântara Neves, Neuza Maria ^a   Figueiredo, Camila Alexandrina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade Adventista da Bahia   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Blomia tropicalis; Cymbopogon citratus; Natural products

Indexed keywords

CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; DEXAMETHASONE; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4; ALLERGEN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CYTOKINE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTI ALLERGIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; ANIMAL; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYMBOPOGON; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EOSINOPHIL; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG; MALE; METABOLISM; MITE; MUCUS; PHYTOTHERAPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYMBOPOGON; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; EOSINOPHILS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEUKOCYTES; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MITES; MUCUS; NF-KAPPA B; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84938963677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-015-0702-8     Document Type: Article

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