Effect of honey bee venom on Lewis rats with experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, a model for multiple sclerosis

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 671-678

  Karimi, Akbar ^a   Ahmadi, Farhad ^b   Parivar, Kazem ^a   Nabiuni, Mohammad ^c   Haghighi, Saied ^a   Imani, Sohrab ^a   Afrouzi, Hossein ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bee venom; Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis; Multiple sclerosis; Serum nitrate; TNF

Indexed keywords

ADOLAPIN; APAMIN; BEE VENOM; FREUND ADJUVANT; MAST CELL DEGRANULATING PEPTIDE; MELITTIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALITIS; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINOCICEPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HONEYBEE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPINAL CORD HOMOGENATE; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 84862748386     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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