PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 11218731-3 2001 To explore further the mechanism of the suppression for inflammation, we studied the effect of the alkaloids on macrophage tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) production in vitro, since TNF-alpha is recognized as a pivotal cytokine to regulate inflammation. Alkaloids 99-108 tumor necrosis factor-like Rattus norvegicus 123-144