Potentially effective natural drugs in treatment for the most common rheumatic disorder: osteoarthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 799-814

  Farzaei, Mohammad Hosein ^a,b   Farzaei, Fatemeh ^c   Gooshe, Maziar ^a   Abbasabadi, Zahra ^b   Rezaei, Nima ^a,d,e   Abdolghaffari, Amir Hossein ^a,f  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c RAZI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Medicinal plant; Osteoarthritis; Oxidative stress; Pain; Pro inflammatory cytokine

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN; PHYTOCHEMICALS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 84939939759     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: 1437160X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-014-3175-z     Document Type: Review

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