depressive disorders are more common among persons with chronic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease and anti-inflammatory effect of some antidepressants such as amitriptyline has been reported. acetic acid colitis was induced in both reserpinised (depressed) and non-reserpinised (normal) rats. reserpinised groups received reserpine (6 mg/kg, i.p.) one hour prior to colitis induction. th...

kelussia odoratissima mozaff. is an iranian endangered endemic edible plant with enormous use in the middle region of iran as food and spice especially yogurt seasoning, and as medicinal herb for anti-inflammatory and cardiovascular purposes. antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antihyperlipidemic properties of kelussia suggest that it may have beneficial effects on inflammatory bowel diseases like ...

objective(s): the effect of the extract of crocus sativus and its constituent, safranal on inflammatory markers in sensitized guinea pigs was examined.   materials and methods: ovalbumin (oa) sensitized guinea pigs were given drinking water alone (group s), or drinking water containing three concentrations of safranal, three concentrations of extract and one concentration of dexamethasone, (n=6...

Meloxicam is a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and oestoarthritis. It is practically insoluble in water leading to poor dissolution, variations in bioavailability and gastric irritation on oral administration. In order to modulate its gastric side effect and to increase aqueous solubility, physical mixture and solid dispersion of the drug were...

Background & Aim: The use of anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory drugs in clinical medicine is necessary and unavoidable. Since the use of synthetic drugs is associated with numerous side effects, the application of complementary therapies such as herbal medicine can accompany with less side effects while having anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. Satureja<e...

Background & Aim: The use of anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory drugs in clinical medicine is necessary and unavoidable. Since the use of synthetic drugs is associated with numerous side effects, the application of complementary therapies such as herbal medicine can accompany with less side effects while having anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. Satureja<e...

aim of the study: the objective of this study was to evaluate the anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities of the hydro-alcoholic extract of the pods of astragalus hamosus (haah), a plant used in iranian traditional medicine, and antinociceptive effects of different fractions in animal models. material and methods: the anti-inflammatory effect was evaluated by the rat paw edema induced by for...

background: advantages of herbal drugs have been known to human being for many years and they have been used for treatment of many diseases. nowadays, inflammation is known to be one of the basic pathologic causes of the diseases. objective: in this study the anti-inflammatory effect of thymus kotschyanus boiss & hohen was investigated. methods: forty two wistar rats were used in three divided ...

context the aim of this review was to address the recent data regarding the role of il-17a in the pathogenesis of depression and its complications, such as cancer. evidence acquisition this review article summarizes the recent data on the role of il-17a in depression, using the pubmed and google scholar databases. results it has been documented that depression may alter the immune response via ...