Effect of extract prepared from the roots of Paeonia lactiflora on endothelium-dependent relaxation and antioxidant enzyme activity in rats administered high-fat diet

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 526-528

  Goto, Hirozo ^a   Shimada, Yutaka ^a   Tanaka, Nobumitsu ^a   Tanigawa, Kiyoaki ^a   Itoh, Takashi ^a   Terasawa, Katsutoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelium dependent relaxation; Hypercholesterolemia; Paeoniae Radix; Surperoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PAEONIA RADIX; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRIGLYCERIDES; VASODILATION;

EID: 0032877265     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199909)13:6<526::AID-PTR487>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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