Effects of CH-100, a Chinese herbal medicine, on acute concanavalin A- mediated hepatitis in control and alcohol-fed rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 852-858

  Batey, R ^a   Cao, Q ^b  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alcoholic Liver Disease Con A; CD4+ T Cells; Chinese Herbal Medicine; TNF

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CH 100; CONCANAVALIN A; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LIVER NECROSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0033931294     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02065.x     Document Type: Article

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