Induction of anti-inflammatory and altered T-cell proliferative responses by the ethanol root extract of Plumbago zeylanica in adjuvant-induced arthritic rats

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 784-789

  Poosarla, Aparanji ^a   Kumar, B Veerendra ^a   Kumar, S Prasanna ^a   Sreedevi, K ^b   Rao, D N ^b   Athota, Rama Rao ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adjuvant induced arthritis; Anti inflammatory activity; Con A; Intraperitoneal; Mitogen; Plumbago zeylanica; Subcutaneous; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; INDOMETACIN; MITOGENIC AGENT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA;

EID: 33644761774     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200500408400     Document Type: Article

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