Anti-arthritic property of the plant Rubia cordifolia Lin

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 107-113

  Jaijesh, P ^a   Srinivasan, K K ^b   Bhagath Kumar, P ^c   Sreejith, G ^a   Ciraj, A M ^a  

^a MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b MANIPAL COLLEGE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Aspirin; Bovine type II Collagen; Ethanolic extract; Freund's Complete Adjuvant

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPPER; HEMOGLOBIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; LETHAL DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; RUBIA; RUBIA CORDIFOLIA; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 43249111760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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