Pharmacological effects of Zataria multiflora Boiss L. and its constituents focus on their anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory effects

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 26-50

  Khazdair, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Ghorani, Vahideh ^a   Alavinezhad, Azam ^a   Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

anti inflammatory effect; antioxidant effect; carvacrol; immunomodulatory effect; thymol; Zataria multiflora

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CARVACROL; FLAVONOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 4; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN; THYMOL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; AUTACOID; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVIEW; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAMIACEAE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LAMIACEAE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85040774123     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fcp.12331     Document Type: Review

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