Antiinflammatory effect of the Indian ayurvedic herbal formulation Triphala on adjuvant-induced arthritis in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 889-894

  Rasool, M ^a   Sabina, E P ^a  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adjuvant induced arthritis; Glycoproteins; Lysosomal enzymes; Triphala

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; FREUND ADJUVANT; FUCOSE; GALACTOSIDASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HEXOSAMINE; HEXOSE; HEXURONIC ACID; INDOMETACIN; LYSOSOME ENZYME; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SIALIC ACID; TERMINALIA BELERICA EXTRACT; TERMINALIA CHEBULA EXTRACT; TRIPHALA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DERMIS; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; INDIA; INJECTION; LIVER; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SPLEEN; TERMINALIA; TERMINALIA BELERICA; TERMINALIA CHEBULA; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EDEMA; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; FRUIT; INDOMETHACIN; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34548612492     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2183     Document Type: Article

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