Acute nephrotoxicity of aristolochic acids in mice

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-229

  Sato, Noriko ^a   Takahashi, Daisuke ^a   Chen, Shih Ming ^b   Tsuchiya, Reiko ^a   Mukoyama, Takuya ^a   Yamagata, Shin Ichi ^a   Ogawa, Makoto ^c   Yoshida, Masaaki ^d   Kondo, Seizo ^d   Satoh, Nobunori ^a   Ueda, Shiro ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Kotaro Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARISTOLOCHIC ACID; ARISTOLOLACTAM; CREATININE; NITROGEN; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHINESE HERB; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIC ACIDS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; INJECTIONS; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEPHRITIS, INTERSTITIAL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 10744223031     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/0022357023051     Document Type: Article

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