The effect of Maimendongtang on airway clearance and secretion

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 124-127

  Tai, Shusheng ^a   Kai, Hirofumi ^a   Isohama, Yoichiro ^a   Moriuchi, Hiroshi ^a   Hagino, Nobuyoshi ^b   Miyata, Takeshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway surface fluid (ASF); Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); Human neutrophil elastase (HNE); Maimendongtang; Mucociliary transport velocity (MCTV); Quail

Indexed keywords

DNA; FUCOSE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MAIMENDONGTANG; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LUNG CLEARANCE; MUCOCILIARY TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; QUAIL; TRACHEA;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MALE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; QUAIL; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0032992428     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199903)13:2<124::AID-PTR400>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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