Yang-Gan-Wan protects mice against experimental liver damage

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-162

  Yang, Melissa ^a   Chen, Kevin ^a   Shih, Jean Chen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ALCOHOL; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; PARACETAMOL; POISON; PROPANOL; YANG GAN WAN; YANG-GAN-WAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; POISONS; PROPANOLS;

EID: 0033647517     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X00000209     Document Type: Article

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