Antioxidant activity of and interleukin production affected by honey bee venom |
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| Authors: | E Rekka L Kourounakis P Kourounakis |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Thessaloniki, Greece. |
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| Abstract: | Honey bee venom is found to inhibit significantly nonenzymatic lipid peroxidation. It also possesses a considerable hydroxyl radical scavenging activity, evaluated by its competition with dimethyl sulfoxide for HO.. These results, in relation to the in vitro suppression mainly of interleukin-1 production offered by honey bee venom, may further support that antioxidant activity is involved in the anti-inflammatory activity of honey bee venom. |
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