Ginkgo biloba attenuates oxidative stress in macrophages and endothelial cells

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 121-127

  Rong, Yongqi ^a   Geng, Zhaohui ^a   Lau, Benjamin H S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antilipid peroxidation; Antioxidant effect; Free radicals; Ginkgo biloba extract; Macrophages; Oxidative burst; Pulmonary artery endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; FREE RADICAL; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME RELEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 0030021444     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(95)02016-0     Document Type: Article

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