Evaluation of Verbascum species and harpagoside in models of acute and chronic inflammation

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 186-194

  Dimitrova, Petya ^a   Georgiev, Milen I ^a,b   Khan, Mahmud T H ^c   Ivanovska, Nina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrageenan oedema; COX1 2; Docking simulations; Verbascum spp; Zymosan induced arthritis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS; VERBASCUM; VERBASCUM PHOENICEUM;

EID: 84870845720     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-013-0124-2     Document Type: Article

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