Alleviation of collagen-induced arthritis by Plumbago zeylanica in mice

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 54-59

  Poosarla, Aparanji ^a   Kumar, B Veerendra ^a   Rao, T Raghava ^a   Rao, D N ^b   Athota, Rama Rao ^a  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anti arthritic; Collagen induced arthritis; Immunomodulatory; Plumbago zeylanica; Rheumatoid arthritis; T cell proliferation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CONCANAVALIN A; HUMORAL ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA EXTRACT; PZE 6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA;

MUS; PLUMBAGINACEAE; PLUMBAGO ZEYLANICA;

EID: 34247335083     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200601028271     Document Type: Article

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