Saireito (a Chinese herbal drug) decreases inhibitory effect of prednisolone and accelerates the recovery of rat hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-74

  Tozawa, Fumiko ^a   Dobashi, Izumi ^a   Horiba, Nobuo ^a   Sakai, Yoko ^a   Sakai, Ken ^a   Suda, Toshihiro ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; CRH; Prednisolone; Saireito

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; PREDNISOLONE; SAIREI TO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0031901397     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.45.69     Document Type: Article

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