Therapeutic effect of combined triptolide and glycyrrhizin treatment on rats with collagen induced arthritis

Planta Medica

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-340

  Zhang, Wandong ^a   Lu, Cheng ^a   Liu, Zhenli ^a   Yang, Dajian ^b   Chen, Shilin ^b   Cha, Albert ^b   Wu, Zhipeng ^c   Lu, Aiping ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHINESE MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c National Pharmaceutical Engineering Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

Collagen induced arthritis; Combination therapy; Glycyrrhizin; Triptolide

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRIPTOLIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 34250374903     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-967136     Document Type: Article

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