Anti-arthritic activity of a biopolymeric fraction from Euphorbia tirucalli

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 92-98

  Bani, Sarang ^a   Kaul, Anpurna ^a   Khan, Beenish ^a   Gupta, Vijay Kumar ^a   Satti, Naresh Kumar ^a   Suri, Krishan Avtar ^a   Qazi, Ghulam Nabi ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Euphorbia tirucalli; Flowcytometry; IFN ; IL 2; Immunosuppressive; Intracellular

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHAL DOSE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS;

EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; EUPHORBIACEAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 33846845147     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.09.021     Document Type: Article

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