Sentences with phrase «inhibits cyclooxygenase»

In addition, older men will be encouraged by the finding that curcumin inhibits cyclooxygenase (COX), which is an enzyme that promotes inflammation and has been found to be the culprit in prostate cancer.

The drugs reduce pain and inflammation by inhibiting the cyclooxygenase (COX) enzymes, which are involved not only with inflammation but also with certain processes involved in cancer, such as blood supply to the tumor and programmed cell death (known as apoptosis).

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).

Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inhibit cyclooxygenase (COX), an enzyme involved in the production of prostaglandins, some of which are mediators of the inflammatory response.

Rimadyl is designed to inhibit cyclooxygenase COX - 2, which generates prostaglandins involved in inflammation.

By inhibiting cyclooxygenase, thromboxane can not be produced and the platelets present at the time aspirin is given are permanently inactivated.

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Curcumin can inhibit both the activity and the synthesis of cyclooxygenase - 2 (COX2) and 5 - lipoxygenase (5 - LOX), as well as other enzymes that have been implicated in inflammation.

How aspirin works is a longstanding puzzle, but Harris and others theorize that it may help inhibit cancer by blocking cyclooxygenase - 2, or COX - 2, an enzyme commonly found in malignant tumors.

One pathway of arachidonic acid oxygenation leads to the formation of prostaglandins and related molecules; the initial step in their formation is catalyzed by one of the two cyclooxygenase enzymes, which are inhibited by aspirin and the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

One of these enzymes, cyclooxygenase - 2 (COX - 2), is an inducible enzyme, the biosynthesis of which is stimulated by growth factors, cytokines, and endotoxin, and is inhibited by glucocorticoids.

At the same university, a follow - up study found that pine bark extract also inhibits COX - 1 and COX - 2 (forms of the enzyme cyclooxygenase) 4.

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).

Nettle also inhibited the inflammatory agents cyclooxygenase - 1 (COX - 1), cyclooxygenase - 2 (COX - 2), and prostoglandins.

Laboratory findings at Michigan State University suggest that ingesting the equivalent of 20 tart cherries inhibits enzymes called cyclooxygenase - 1 and -2, which are the targets of anti-inflammatory drugs.

Previcox (firocoxib) is a type of analgesic that acts by inhibiting the action of cyclooxygenase 2 which leads to the reduction in the formation or synthesis of prostaglandins and similar proinflammatory substances from arachidonic acid.

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (called NSAIDs) inhibit an enzyme called cyclooxygenase.

Ibuprofen is what is called a non-selective cyclooxygenase inhibitor, which means it inhibits all types of cyclooxygenase, not just the ones that produce inflammatory mediators.

Previcox works by inhibiting the COX - 2 (cyclooxygenase - 2) enzyme which generates chemicals that are responsible for pain, inflammation and even fever in the body.

The enzyme that is inhibited is cyclooxygenase (abbreviated COX).