Sentences with phrase «include cyclooxygenase»

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Their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities are largely due to their abilities to scavenge the reactive oxygen species (ROS) and improvement of antioxidant status by attenuating the activity of NF - κB and suppressing the expression of several inflammatory cytokines and chemokines including monocyte chemotactic protein - 1 (MCP - 1), nitric oxide synthase, cyclooxygenases, lipoxygenases, cellular adhesion molecules, tumor necrosis factor and interleukins.

These acids decrease the body's production of a long list of pro-inflammatory biochemicals, including the same ones targeted by most NSAIDs — cyclooxygenase (COX 1 and 2).

As I illustrated above, arachidonic acid is processed by the enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX) to produce pro-inflammatory signaling molecules called eicosanoids, including leukotrienes, prostaglandins, and thromboxanes.

It is mainly contained in the seeds and has been shown to inhibit cyclooxygenase - 2, an inflammatory protein related to a number of health conditions, including Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).

As mentioned previously, ginger properties include anti-inflammatory actions that stem from a group of compounds called gingerols, which work by inhibiting the prostaglandin - biosynthesizing enzyme, known as PH synthetase or cyclooxygenase (COX).

In the case of cyclooxygenase (COX), it stimulates cells to produce several substances, including prostaglandins, after the cells are damaged.