作者: D Chamundeeswari , J Vasantha , S Gopalakrishnan , E Sukumar
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00143-0
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摘要: The alcoholic extract of Trewia polycarpa roots (TPE), which exhibited significant anti-inflammatory activity, was evaluated for the possible mode action by studying its antioxidant potential in adjuvant-induced arthritic rats. biological defence system constituting superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, ascorbic acid showed a increase while lipid peroxide content found to decrease large extent on TPE treatment thereby indicating extracts free radical scavenging property. Histopathological studies too supported anti-arthritic polycarpa.