Macrolide antibiotics as antiinflammatory agents: Roxithromycin in an unexpected role

Agents and Actions

Volumn 38, Issue 1 Supplement, 1993, Pages 85-90

  Agen, C ^a   Danesi, R ^b   Blandizzi, C ^a   Costa, M ^a   Stacchini, B ^a   Favini, P ^c   Del Tacca, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c Roussel Pharma ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; INDOMETACIN; MACROLIDE; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CARRAGEENAN; CROTON OIL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; GRANULOMA; HINDLIMB; INDOMETHACIN; INFLAMMATION; PEPTIDES; POLYESTERS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; ROXITHROMYCIN;

EID: 0027483345     PISSN: 00654299     EISSN: 1420908X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02027218     Document Type: Article

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