Antiarthritic activity of majoon suranjan (a polyherbal unaniformulation) in rat

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 384-388

  Singh, Surender ^a   Nair, Vinod ^a   Gupta, Y K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Ajoon suranjan; Analgesia; Aw edema; Formaldehyde; Urpentine oil

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MAJOON SURANJAN; TURPENTINE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SAFETY; LD 50; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ASPIRIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FORMALDEHYDE; MALE; MEDICINE, UNANI; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOXICITY TESTS; TURPENTINE;

EID: 80054768883     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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