Non Oxidative Action of Mastiha

Antiatheromatic and hypolipidemic activity of Chios Mastic Gum in anesthetized rabbits    Paraschos S1, Andreadou I2, Iliodromitis E3, Zoga A3, Magiatis P1, Mitaku S1, Kaklamanis L4, Skaltsounis AL1, Kremastinos DT2 1 Laboratory of Pharmacognosy, 2 Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Panestimiopolis Zografou, 15771, Athens, Greece;  3 Second University Department of Cardiology,…

Chios mastic gum neutral extract and isolated tirucallol exhibit anti-inflammatory activity in human aortic endothelial cells   Loizou S1, Paraschos S2, Mitakou S2, Chrousos GP3, Lekakis I4, Moutsatsou P1 1 Department of Biological Chemistry, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece; 2 Department of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Athens, Greece;…

Chios mastic gum modulates serum biochemical parameters in human population   A. Triantafyllou, N. Chaviaras, T. Sergentanis, E.E Protopapa, J Tsaknis. Department of Biochemistry, Medical School National University of Athens, 75 Mikras Asias str. Athens 115 28 Athens. Department of Food Technological Educational Institutions of Athens, Ag. Spyridonos str, Egaleo…

Induction of apoptosis in human colon cancer HCT116 cells treated with an extract of the plant product, Chios mastic gum.   Balan KV, Demetzos C, Prince J, Dimas K, Cladaras M, Han Z, Wyche JH, Pantazis P.   Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Miami, FL 33146, USA.…

The effects of aqueous extracts prepared from the leaves of Pistacia lentiscus in experimental liver disease    Predrag Ljubuncica, Hui Songa, Uri Coganb, Hassan Azaizehc and Arieh Bomzona, ,    aDepartment of Pharmacology, Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 9649, Haifa 31096, Israel…

Evaluation of hepatoprotective effect of Pistacia lentiscus, Phillyrea latifolia and Nicotiana glauca  Sana Janakat a and Hela Al-Merieb  a Department of Nutrition and Food Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan b Department of Biological Science, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan    Abstract The hepatoprotective…

Antioxidant activity of natural resins and bioactive triterpenes in oil substrates   A.N. Assimopoulou, S.N. Zlatanos and V.P. Papageorgiou   Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 541 24 Thessaloniki, Greece   Abstract Natural resins that possess biological properties (Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia, Commiphora myrrh, Boswellia…

Antiatherogenic effect of Pistacia lentiscus via GSH restoration and downregulation of CD36 mRNA expression   G. V. Z. Dedoussis, A.C. Kaliora, S. Psarras, A. Chiou, A. Mylona, N.G. Papadopoulos, N. K. Andrikopoulos   Abstract  Pistacia lentiscus var. Chia (Anacardiaceae) grows almost exclusively on Chios Island, Greece, and gives a resinous…