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Quantitative analysis of Copper in arthritic joint effusion and its correlation with Allopathy and Ayurvedic medicinal system.

Published:27 Aug 2012
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Bagla H1*, Karvat A1, Londhe V2, Savrikar S3, Sabnis M4

1 Department of Nuclear and Radiochemistry, Kishinchand Chellaram College, Churchgate- 400020, India.

2 B.Y.L Nair Charitable Hospital & TN Medical College, Dr. A.L. Nair road, Mumbai-400008, India.

3 R.A. Podar Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Worli, Mumbai- 400018, India.

4 Jeevanrekha ayurved chikitsalaya & Research Center, Seawoods, Nerul West, Navi Mumbai - 400 706, India.

Corresponding Author:Bagla H

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Copper being an essential element in human biology, its relevance in joint effusion has been served to be a non-invasive diagnostic tool for the characterization of joint diseases. The main objective of present work was to establish the correlation between the levels of copper in the synovial fluids (SF) of patients consuming Antiarthritic Ayurvedic drugs (AAD) and Allopathy medicine. Arthrocentesis was adopted to acquire the samples of joint effusion from proved cases of Osteoarthritis (OA), Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Bursitis patients. Patient's population was divided into two categories based on the intake of Allopathy and Ayurvedic Drugs. The control comprised of healthy adult volunteers. The concentrations of copper in joint fluid of patients were assessed by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-AES) analytical technique. It was observed that the patients under the therapy of Antiarthritic Ayurvedic drugs formulation had significantly altering level of mean copper concentration than those under Allopathy drug therapy. Furthermore, the post treatment effects of Antiarthritic Ayurvedic drugs on the amount of copper in joint fluid of patients were fairly analogous to controls. Thus the current study implicates an unequivocal positive alteration of copper in joint fluid of arthritis patients under treatment of traditional medicinal system, thus elucidating its antidote effect for potent joint health. Moreover, it demarcates the two medicinal systems pertaining to its possible elemental variation in joint effusion.

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Synovial fluidOsteoarthritisRheumatoid ArthritisBursitisCopperAntiarthritic Ayurvedic drugs

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H, B., A, K., V, L., S, S., & M, S. (2012). Quantitative analysis of Copper in arthritic joint effusion and its correlation with Allopathy and Ayurvedic medicinal system.. International Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.31142/ijahm/v2i4.13

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