Intra-Articular Injection of Fructus Ligustri Lucidi Extract Attenuates Pain Behavior and Cartilage Degeneration in Mono-Iodoacetate Induced Osteoarthritic Rats

• Main Authors: Bo Yan (Author), Li Zhou (Author), Caiwei Wang (Author), Rongrong Wang (Author), Li Yan (Author), Lingying Yu (Author), Fucun Liu (Author), Wenxi Du (Author), Guangping Yu (Author), Qiang Yuan (Author), Peijian Tong (Author), Letian Shan (Author), Thomas Efferth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Fructus Ligustri Lucidi (FLL) has been widely used as a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for treating soreness and weakness of waist and knees. It has potential for treating OA owing to its kidney-tonifying activity with bone-strengthening effects, but there is so far no report of its anti-OA effe...