Nahua indian medicinal plants (Mexico): Inhibitory activity on NF-κB as an anti-inflammatory model and antibacterial effects

PM Bork, ML Schmitz, C Weimann, M Kist, M Heinrich - Phytomedicine, 1996 - Elsevier
Selected plants documented as medicinal in an ethnobotanical study with the Nahua of the
Sierra de Zongolica (Veracruz, Mexico) were evaluated for anti-inflammatory and
antibacterial activity. One of the potential sides of action of anti-inflammatory drugs is the
transcription factor NF-κB. This factor is essential for the immune, inflammatory, and acute
phase responses. We therefore tested extracts from a total of 28 plants used by the Nahua
Indians for their potential effect on the activation of the transcription factor NF-κB. The leaves …
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