leptadenia reticulata was reported to be used for several medicinal purposes. the present study was undertaken to evaluate anti-inflammatory, analgesic and lipid peroxidation inhibition activities of l. reticulata. the anti-inflammatory assay was performed by λ-carrageenan and formalin induced paw edema test. pro inflammatory mediators (il2, il6, tnf-α) in serum of treated and control organism ...

background: psoriasis is a chronic and inflammatory dermatologic disease. inflammatory biomarkers such as c-reactive protein (crp) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (esr) are known as immediate and delayed inflammatory biomarkers, respectively. due to the fact that anti-inflammatory drugs such as infliximab are widely used in psoriasis treatment, the aim of this study was to evaluate esr, crp ...

objective(s) in recent years highly selective cox-2inhibitors were withdrawn from the market because of an increased risk of cardiovascular complications. in this study we were looking for potent compounds with moderate selectivity for cox-2. so, four analogues of 4, 5-diaryl-2-(2-alkylthio-5-imidazolyl) imidazole derivatives were synthesized and their anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive act...

A levonorgestrel-releasing IUD and the Copper T 380Ag IUD were in randomized comparison for seven years in five clinics. In two other clinics the randomized study was truncated at five years, but use of the Copper T continued. No pregnancies occurred to users of either device in years 6 and 7. Cumulative pregnancy rates were 1.1 per 100 at seven years for the steroid-releasing and 1.4 per 100 f...

canarium l. is used in folk medicine as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, antitumor, heptoprotective, antioxidant, and anti diabetic properties. the present study investigeated the invivo anti-inflammatory activity of  essential oil obtained by hydrodistillation of resin of canarium strictum roxb. in the current study, anti-inflammatory activity of essential oil of canarium strictum...

the immunopathology of sarcoidosis remains elusive despite years of research into this multiorgan disease.however, recent studies have provided new insights into the genetics and immune components involved in the clinical manifestation of the disease. granulomatous inflammation is due to the host immune response to a persistent poorly degradable unknown antigen.mycobacterium tuberculosis (mtb) ...