Evaluation of a mucoactive herbal drug, Radix Ophiopogonis, in a pathogenic quail model

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 49-56

  Tai, Shusheng ^a   Sun, Reng ^a   O'Brien, Darryl W ^a   Lee, Megan S ^a   Zayas, J Gustavo ^a   King, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fucose; Human neutrophil elastase (HNE); Mucociliary transport velocity (MTV); Protein; Quail; Radix Ophiopogonis (RO); Tracheal lavage

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; OPHIOPOGON ROOT; PROTEIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; LAVAGE; LUNG CLEARANCE; MALE; MUCOCILIARY CLEARANCE; MUCOCILIARY TRANSPORT; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUAIL; TRACHEA; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036425422     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v02n04_05     Document Type: Article

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