This work was supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (No. 07021008) and the General Project of the Natural Science Foundation of the Department of Education, Anhui Province (No. KJ2007B142).
Background Lumiracoxib is a highly selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor with antiinflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic activities comparable with class specific drugs, but with much improved gastrointestin...