Protection of the kidney by Wen-Pi-Tang against ischemia-reperfusion injury

Phytomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 185-189

  Yokozawa, T ^a   Dong, E ^a   Chen, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; Ischemia reperfusion; Renal function; Wen Pi Tang

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WEN PI TANG EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034125707     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-7113(00)80002-1     Document Type: Article

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