Zizyphi fructus, a constituent of antiasthmatic herbal medicine, stimulates airway epithelial ciliary motility through nitric oxide generation

Experimental Lung Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-266

  Tamaoki, J ^a   Kondo, M ^a   Tagaya, E ^a   Takemura, K ^a   Konno, K ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

airway epithelium; Chinese medicine; cilia; nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CILIARY MOTILITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHARMACOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; TRACHEA MUCOSA;

EID: 0029949768     PISSN: 01902148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01902149609031774     Document Type: Article

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