Pulmonary protective and vasodilator effects of a standardized Panax ginseng preparation following artifical gastric digestion

Pulmonary Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 205-209

  Rimar, S ^a   Lee Mengel, M ^a   Gillis, C N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Free radical injury; Panax ginseng; Pulmonary circulation; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

15 HYDROXY 11ALPHA,9ALPHA EPOXYMETHANOPROSTA 5,13 DIENOIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; OXYGEN RADICAL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROLYSIS; GINSENG; INTESTINE SECRETION; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RABBIT; STOMACH JUICE; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0030207059     PISSN: 09520600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pulp.1996.0025     Document Type: Article

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