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The potential chondroprotective effect of propolis in irradiated rats /

Doaa Hassan Abdelnaby

The potential chondroprotective effect of propolis in irradiated rats / احتمال التاثير الواقى للغضروف باستخدام البروبوليس فى الجرذان المعرضة للاشعاع Doaa Hassan Abdelnaby ; Supervised Mohamed T. Khayyal , Mona A. Elghazaly - Cairo : Doaa Hassan Abdelnaby , 2009 - 130 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Pharmacy - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Cartilage degradation usually results as a consequence of inflammatory processes in the joint. To study this phenomenon experimentally, adjuvant-induced arthritis (AIA) was used as a model of chronic inflammation to induce arthritis in the joints of rats. The influence of irradiation on the arthritic inflammatory response was investigated by subjecting rats to a gamma source before the induction of arthritis



Articular cartilage Propolis Y-radiation