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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 14, 2010; 16(34): 4272-4280
Published online Sep 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i34.4272
Published online Sep 14, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i34.4272
α,β-amyrin, a natural triterpenoid ameliorates L-arginine-induced acute pancreatitis in rats
Caroline Mourão Melo, Karine Maria Martins Bezerra Carvalho, Julliana Catharina de Sousa Neves, Talita Cavalcante Morais, Vietla Satyanarayana Rao, Flávia Almeida Santos, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedical Institute of Brazilian Semiarid, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, 60430-270, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Gerly Anne de Castro Brito, Department of Morphology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, 60416-030, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Mariana Helena Chaves, Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Piauí, 64049-550, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil
Author contributions: Melo CM designed the research; Carvalho KMMB, Neves JCS and Morais TC contributed to the experimental part; Rao VS and Santos FA wrote the paper; Brito GAC participated in histochemical analysis; Chaves MH isolated the compound α,β-amyrin.
Supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Brazil
Correspondence to: Vietla Satyanarayana Rao, PhD, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedical Institute of Brazilian Semiarid, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Ceará, Rua Cel. Nunes de Melo, 1127, Rodolfo Teófilo, 60430-270, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. viet_rao@yahoo.com.br
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Received: April 30, 2010
Revised: May 25, 2010
Accepted: June 1, 2010
Published online: September 14, 2010
Revised: May 25, 2010
Accepted: June 1, 2010
Published online: September 14, 2010
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