Inhibitory effect of Crocus sativus L. ethanol extract on adjuvant-induced arthritis

Food and Agricultural Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 170-180

  Zamani Taghizadeh Rabe, Shahrzad ^a,b   Sahebari, Maryam ^b   Mahmoudi, Zohreh ^a,b   Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^c   Haghmorad, Dariush ^a,b   Tabasi, Nafise ^a,b   Rastin, Maryam ^a,b   Khazaee, Mahdieh ^a,b   Mahmoudi, Mahmoud ^a,b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

adjuvant induced arthritis; Crocus sativusL; saffron ethanol extract; Wistar rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CROCUS; CROCUS SATIVUS; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84920577635     PISSN: 09540105     EISSN: 14653443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540105.2013.878900     Document Type: Article

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