Clinical and histopathological evaluation of MDP/collagen induced arthritis rat model (MCIA) after treatment with Urtica dioica, Plantago major and Hypericum perforatum L herbal mixture

Experimental Animals

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 101-110

  Khalifeh, Mohammad S ^a   Hananeh, Wael ^a   Al Rukibat, Raida ^a   Okour, Omar ^a   Boumezrag, Assia ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Collagen induced arthritis; Hypercum perforatum L; Muramyl dipeptid; Plantago major; Urtica dioic

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT; MURAMYL DIPEPTIDE; PLANTAGO MAJOR EXTRACT; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANKYLOSIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MIXTURE; HERB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACETYLMURAMYL-ALANYL-ISOGLUTAMINE; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CATTLE; COLLAGEN TYPE II; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; HYPERICUM; JOINTS; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTAGO; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; URTICA DIOICA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; PLANTAGO MAJOR; RATTUS; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 46949089553     PISSN: 13411357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1538/expanim.57.101     Document Type: Article

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