The effect of dried mussel extract on an induced polyarthritis in rats.
A polyarthritis was induced in a number of rats by the intradermal injection of a modified Freund's adjuvant into the right foot pad. Powered extract of New Zealand mussel fed to the rats did not have any beneficial effect on either the development or the severity of the arthritis.
D000818:Animals; D001168:Arthritis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D049872:Bivalvia; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D005620:Freund's Adjuvant; D006614:Hindlimb; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand; D051381:Rats; D014020:Tissue Extracts / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D014020:Tissue Extracts; D005620:Freund's Adjuvant