Description
Nimesulideisanon-steroidalanti-inflammatorydrug(NSAID)thatinhibitsCOX-2.Nimesulideexhibitsanti-inflammatory,analgesic,antipyretic,andanticanceractivities.Nimesulideisclinicallyusedtotreatarthritis,acutepain,anddysmenorrhea.Inhypopharyngealcarcinomacells,nimesulidedecreasescellviABIlity,increasesapoptosis,downregulatesexpressionofsurvivin,COX-2,andBcl-2,andupregulatesexpressionofcaspase3andBax.Invitrounderinflammatoryconditions,thiscompounddecreasesactivityofPKCandreleaseofsubstancePandprostaglandinE2(PGE2).