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PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 65, Issue 2, Pages 83-86Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000056191
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bromelain; carrageenin; prostaglandin E-2; rat; substance P
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The effects of bromelain were examined in rats with subcutaneous carrageenin-induced inflammation. After oral in vivo administration, bromelain (10 and 20 mg/kg p.o.) induced a significant decrease of both PGE(2) and substance P concentrations in the exudate. When added to the inflammatory exudate in vitro, the drug (25, 50, 100 mug/ml) did not affect PGE(2) concentrations and induced an increase in the substance P levels. Our data indicate that bromelain reduces the production of two key mediators of inflammation. This effect does not seem to be related to a direct action of the drug on PGE(2) and SP released in the exudate in response to the inflammatory stimulus. Copyright (C) 2002 S, Karger AG, Basel.
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