Inflammatory diseases have a high prevalence and has become of great interest due to the
increase in life expectancy and the costs to the health care system worldwide. Chronic …

A vast amount of circumstantial evidence implicates oxygen-derived free radicals (especially
superoxide and hydroxyl radical) and high-energy oxidants (such as peroxynitrite) as …

Carrageenan is a natural carbohydrate (polysaccharide) obtained from edible red
seaweeds. The name Carrageenan is derived from the Chondrus crispus species of …

This study evaluated the anti-inflammatory properties of two sesquiterpenes isolated from
Cordia verbenacea's essential oil, α-humulene and (−)-trans-caryophyllene. Our results …

Nitric oxide (NO) is a colorless gas at room temperature and one of the simplest molecules
known, yet it has been implicated in a wide variety of regulatory mechanisms ranging from …

Phyllanthus species (family; Euphorbiaceae) have been intensively studied for their
immunomodulating effects due to their wide-ranging uses to treat immune-related diseases …

Moringa oleifera Lam. is a tropical plant, used for centuries as food and traditional medicine.
The aim of this study was to develop, validate and biochemically characterize an …

Peripheral mediators can contribute to the development and maintenance of inflammatory
and neuropathic pain and its concomitants (hyperalgesia and allodynia) via two …

Injection of carrageenan 1%(50 μl) in the mouse paw causes a biphasic response: an early
inflammatory response that lasts 6 h and a second late response that peaks at 72 h …

Caveolin-1, the primary coat protein of caveolae, has been implicated as a regulator of
signal transduction through binding of its “scaffolding domain” to key signaling molecules …