Inhibitory effect of Byakko-ka-ninjin-to on itch in a mouse model of atopic dermatitis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 192-194

  Tohda, Chihiro ^a   Sugahara, Hiroyuki ^a   Kuraishi, Yasushi ^a   Komatsu, Katsuko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atopic dermatitis; Byakko ka ninjin to; Itch; NC mouse; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

ANEMARRHENA ROOT; BYAKKO KA NINJIN TO; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAMPO; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG INHIBITION; GENE EXPRESSION; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRURITUS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PRURITUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SAPONINS; SKIN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANEMARRHENA; GLYCYRRHIZA; PANAX GINSENG;

EID: 0034119070     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(200005)14:3<192::AID-PTR609>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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