Punica granatum fruit extract inhibits the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and angiogenic factors of HUVEC cells induced by plasma from patients with pre-eclampsia

This study aims to find out whether the ethanol extract of Punica granatum fruit can inhibit pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α and IL-6) and anti-angiogenic factors (sFlt-1 and sEng) of endothelial cells given plasma stimulus of pre-eclamptic patients. When the cells reached confluence, cells would...

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Main Authors: Dewi Ambarwati, Fatmawati Fatmawati, Mukhamad Nooryanto, Sanarto Santoso, Siti Candra Windu Baktiyani, Nurdiana Nurdiana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-10-01
Series:Clinical Nutrition Experimental
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352939317300155