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ArticleIntegrative medicine research2018

Harith Jameel Mahdi, Nurzalina Abdul Karim Khan, Mohd Zaini Bin Asmawi, Roziahanim Mahmud, Vikneswaran A/L Murugaiyah

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Article in Integrative medicine research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Harith Jameel MahdiDepartment of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Samarra, Samara, Iraq.
Nurzalina Abdul Karim KhanDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Mohd Zaini Bin AsmawiDiscipline of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Roziahanim MahmudDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Vikneswaran A/L MurugaiyahDiscipline of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Malaysia University of Science and Technology · MYUniversiti Sains Malaysia · MYUniversity of Samarra · IQ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe medicinal uses of plants are in many cases based exclusively on traditional knowledge without enough scientific evidences. Different parts of

methodsComplete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)-induced arthritis in rats was used as disease model. CFA-induced inflammatory paw edema, body weight, arthritic index, X-ray radiography, hematological parameters, and walk track and locomotion analysis were all evaluated for the assessment of disease progression. In addition to that, anti-nociceptive activity was examined at different dose levels in both normal and arthritic-induced rats using Eddy's hot plate and tail flick thermal analgesia.

resultsThe analysis of various arthritic assessment parameters used in this study revealed that Moringa extract has a considerable effect in preventing development or ameliorate arthritis disease severity. Moreover, the ethanol extract of Moringa leaves revealed significant anti-nociceptive activity at in both normal and CFA-induced arthritis rats in a dose-dependent manner.

conclusionEthanol extract of Moringa leaves appears to be a really promising as analgesic and arthritis medication, but a larger and more detailed preclinical and clinical studies especially in human is highly recommended.

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Anti-nociceptiveComplete Freund's adjuvant (CFA)Moringa and Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)

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PMCPMC5884001
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