Combination of carvacrol with methotrexate suppresses Complete Freund's Adjuvant induced synovial inflammation with reduced hepatotoxicity in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 723, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-98

  Banji, Otilia J F ^a   Banji, David ^a   Soumya, N ^a   Chilipi, Kiran Kumar ^a   Kalpana, C H ^a   Kranthi Kumar, C H ^a   Annamalai, A R ^b  

^a Nalanda College of Pharmacy   (India)

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carvacrol; Freund's Complete Adjuvant; Myeloperoxidase; Oxidative damage

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CARVACROL; CATALASE; FREUND ADJUVANT; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; METHOTREXATE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER CELL; LIVER HOMOGENATE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNOVITIS; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

CARVACROL; FREUND'S COMPLETE ADJUVANT; MYELOPEROXIDASE; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CATALASE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; FEMALE; FREUND'S ADJUVANT; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; METHOTREXATE; MONOTERPENES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 84891362203     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: 18790712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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