Anti-inflammatory and antiarthritic activity of UNIM-301 (a polyherbal unani formulation) in Wistar rats

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 188-192

  Singh, Surender ^a   Kumar, Rohit ^a   Jain, Hitesh ^a   Gupta, Y K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; carrageenan induced paw edema; UNIM 301

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FREUND ADJUVANT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNIM 301;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIARTHRITIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; JOINT SWELLING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 84923353850     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.150515     Document Type: Article

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