Anti-arthritic property of the methanolic extract of Syzygium cumini seeds

International Journal of Integrative Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-61

  Kumar, K Eswar ^a   Mastan, S K ^a,b   Reddy, K Raghunandan ^b   Reddy, G Amarender ^c   Raghunandan, N ^c   Chaintanya, G ^c  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ROLAND INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Vikas College of Pharmacy   (India)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Erythrocyte sedimentation rate; Freund's complete adjuvant; Syzygium cumini

Indexed keywords

FREUND ADJUVANT; HEMOGLOBIN; INDOMETACIN; METHANOL; SYZYGIUM CUMINI EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIARTHRITIC ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LD 50; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PLANT SEED; RAT;

MYRTACEAE; RATTUS; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 67449112961     PISSN: 09738363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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