Effect of a Chinese medical preparation, Hokoei-to, on lipids in blood and involvement of cells of vascular origin

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 224-227

  Yokozawa, Takako ^a   Tsuji, Atsutoshi ^a   Hattori, Masao ^a   Oura, Hikokichi ^a   Kaji, Toshiyuki ^b   Fujiwara, Yasuyuki ^b   Wakaki, Kunihiko ^a   Koizumi, Fumitomo ^a   Shimizu, Mineo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b HOKURIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherogenic index; Endothelial cell; Hokoei to; Smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

ANGELICAE RADIX EXTRACT; CHINESE DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; CYPERI RHIZOMA EXTRACT; DIOSCOREAE RHIZOMA EXTRACT; HOKOEI TO; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLANT EXTRACT; TARAXACI RADIX EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PAEONIA SUFFRUTICOSA; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 0029886632     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199605)10:3<224::AID-PTR819>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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