Earthworm paste (Lampito mauritii, Kinberg) alters inflammatory, oxidative, haematological and serum biochemical indices of inflamed rat

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 77-90

  Cooper, E L ^a   Balamurugan, M ^b   Parthasarathi, K ^b   Ranganathan, L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammation; Anti oxidants; Earthworm paste; Rattus norvegicus; Serum biochemical indices

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; CATALASE; CHLORIDE; CHOLESTEROL; EARTHWORM EXTRACT; ELECTROLYTE; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; POLYPHENOL; POTASSIUM; SERUM ALBUMIN; SODIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACID PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHLORIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DOSE RESPONSE; EARTHWORM; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LAMPITO MAURITII; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPIRIN; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CARRAGEENAN; CATALASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EDEMA; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GRANULOMA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OLIGOCHAETA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TURPENTINE;

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