Pomegranate extract alleviates disease activity and some blood biomarkers of inflammation and oxidative stress in Rheumatoid Arthritis patients

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 92-96

  Ghavipour, M ^a   Sotoudeh, G ^b   Tavakoli, E ^a   Mowla, K ^c   Hasanzadeh, J ^a   Mazloom, Z ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; PLACEBO; POMEGRANATE EXTRACT; STROMELYSIN; ANTIOXIDANT; MMP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAS28; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PAIN INTENSITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; LYTHRACEAE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 3; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PUNICACEAE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84984801420     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2016.151     Document Type: Article

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