Zizyphus jujuba and Codonopsis pilosula stimulate nitric oxide release in cultured endothelial cells and kidney tissues

Asia Pacific Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 121-128

  Kim, H Y ^a   Han, S W ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Codonopsis pilosula; endothelial cells; kidney; nitric oxide; Zizyphus jujuba

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ARGININE; BRADYKININ; CALCIMYCIN; CITRULLINE; CODONOPSIS PILOSULA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIOISOTOPE; RECEPTOR; RENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULUS; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; KIDNEY TUBULE; MALE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PULMONARY ARTERY; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0030437723     PISSN: 02179687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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