Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care


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A review of the benefits and risks of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the management of mild-to-moderate osteoarthritis

A Mark Fendrick and Bruce P Greenberg*

Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care 2009, 3:1 doi:10.1186/1750-4732-3-1

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Green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate inhibits advanced glycation end product-induced expression of tumor necrosis factor-α and matrix metalloproteinase-13 in human chondrocytes

Zafar Rasheed, Arivarasu N Anbazhagan, Nahid Akhtar, Sangeetha Ramamurthy, Frank R Voss, Tariq M Haqqi Arthritis Research & Therapy 2009, 11:R71 (15 May 2009)

A component of green tea may inhibit cartilage degradation in osteoarthritis in vitro by preventing the age-related build up of advanced glycation end products from activating pro-inflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases.