Effects of Orengedoku-to and Scutellariae radix extract on aqueous flare elevation induced by intravitreal IL-1α in pigmented rabbits

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 543-550

  Nakamura, Nobuo ^a,b   Nagaki, Yasunori ^a   Hayasaka, Seiji ^a   Terasawa, Katsutoshi ^a  

^a TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqueous Flare; Interleukin 1 Alpha; Orengedoku to; Pigmented Rabbit; Scutellariae Radix

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; ORENGEDOKU TO; SCUTELLARIAE RADIX; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AQUEOUS HUMOR FORMATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; LASER FLARE CELL METER; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RABBIT; ANIMAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SCUTELLARIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; AREA UNDER CURVE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; SCUTELLARIA;

EID: 0037676215     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X02000466     Document Type: Article

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