Antirheumatoid Arthritis Effect of Rhus verniciflua and of the Active Component, Sulfuretin

Planta Medica

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 899-904

  Choi, Jongwon ^a   Yoon, Byung Jae ^a   Han, Yong Nam ^b   Lee, Kyung Tae ^c   Ha, Joohun ^d   Jung, Hyun Ju ^e   Park, Hee Juhn ^e  

^a Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^e Sangji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anacardiaceae; Antioxidant; Aurones; Fustin; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rhus verniciflua; Sulfuretin

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE OXIDASE; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATALASE; FREUND ADJUVANT; FUSTIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHUS VERNICIFLUA EXTRACT; SULFURETIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAT NECROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; POISON IVY; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHUS VERNICIFLUA; SYNOVIOCYTE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BENZOFURANS; CELL DIVISION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FLAVONOIDS; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHUS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

ANACARDIACEAE; ANIMALIA; HEDERA; RHUS; TOXICODENDRON VERNICIFLUUM;

EID: 0346216110     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45097     Document Type: Article

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