Effects of an aqueous extract of Eucommia on articular cartilage in a rat model of osteoarthritis of the knee

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 684-688

  Lu, Hai ^a,b   Jiang, Jianming ^a   Xie, Guoping ^b   Liu, Wengang ^b   Yan, Guangbin ^c  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Eucommia; Knee osteoarthritis; Matrix metalloproteinase 1; Matrix metalloproteinase 13; Matrix metalloproteinase 3

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE 3; EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES EXTRACT; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; STROMELYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE ANTIBODY SANDWICH ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; DRUG SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

EID: 84880467274     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2013.1223     Document Type: Article

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