title: Ethno biological usage of zoo products in rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is one of the most common autoimmune disorder which causes swelling, redness, pain, stiffness, restriction of limb movements, decreases life expectancy and early death of the patients. Available drugs include non steroidal anti-inflammatory and analgesics, disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and steroids (glucocorticoids etc). All these drugs have their own limitations such as gastrointestinal irritations, cardiovascular problems, and drug dependency. Search for alternative therapy from natural products are being ventured throughout the world. Zoo therapy in arthritis, a common practice of the ancient times that have been mentioned in traditional and folk medicine. The scientific basis of some of the zoo products are being explored and have been showing promising results in experimental rheumatoid arthritis. These therapies have minimum side effects and many of them have potential to give rise to drug development clues against rheumatoid arthritis. The present review is an effort to establish the folk and traditional treatment of rheumatoid arthritis using zoo products.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Toxinology and Experimental Pharmacodynamics Department of Physiology, University of Calcutta 92, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road Kolkata 700 009, India. gomes_aparna@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Antony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: Md Aftab
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alam
authors.forename: Sourav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Subir Chandra
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
authors.forename: Sanghamitra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Shamik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gomes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D001688:Biological Products / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D020834:Ethnopharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic
chemical_list: D001688:Biological Products