Low-dose Tadenan protects the rabbit bladder from bilateral ischemia/reperfusion-induced contractile dysfunction

Phytomedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 17-24

  Levin, R M ^a,b,c   Whitbeck, C ^a   Horan, P ^b   Bellamy, F ^c  

^a ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Laboratory DEBAT   (France)

Author keywords

Bladder; Ischemia; Reperfusion; Tadenan

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS OIL; PYGEUM AFRICANUM EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENT; FEEDING; ISCHEMIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RABBIT; REPERFUSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; PYGEUM; RABBITS; REPERFUSION INJURY; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NECK OBSTRUCTION;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRUNUS AFRICANA; PYGEUM;

EID: 12944297748     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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