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World J Gastroenterol. Mar 28, 2013; 19(12): 1901-1911
Published online Mar 28, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i12.1901
Promising effect of Magliasa, a traditional Iranian formula, on experimental colitis on the basis of biochemical and cellular findings
Roja Rahimi, Amir Baghaei, Maryam Baeeri, Gholamreza Amin, Mohammad Reza Shams-Ardekani, Mahnaz Khanavi, Mohammad Abdollahi
Roja Rahimi, Gholamreza Amin, Mohammad Reza Shams-Ardekani, Mahnaz Khanavi, Department of Traditional Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417653761, Iran
Roja Rahimi, Amir Baghaei, Maryam Baeeri, Mohammad Abdollahi, Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417614411, Iran
Amir Baghaei, Mohammad Abdollahi, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417614411, Iran
Gholamreza Amin, Mohammad Reza Shams-Ardekani, Mahnaz Khanavi, Department of Pharmacognosy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417614411, Iran
Author contributions: Rahimi R designed and performed research, and drafted the paper; Baghaei A contributed the animal studies; Baeeri M contributed the biochemical tests; Amin G contributed botanical authentication and the herbal studies; Khanavi M contributed the chemical drug analysis; Shams-Ardekani MR contributed in finding the appropriate prescription and to the preparation of the formula; Abdollahi M conceived the study and edited the paper.
Supported by The Tehran University of Medical Sciences partly, as outcome of a PhD thesis and Iran National Science foundation
Correspondence to: Mohammad Abdollahi, Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1417614411, Iran. mohammad.abdollahi@utoronto.ca
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Received: June 28, 2012
Revised: September 19, 2012
Accepted: October 30, 2012
Published online: March 28, 2013
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