Promoting effect of extract of Quercus salicina Blume/Q. stenophylla Makino (UROCALUN®) on urinary stone passage

Japanese Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 361-368

  Natsukawa, Takashi ^a   Hirata, Kinya ^a   Noda, Kumiko ^a   Oka, Michiko ^a   Tanaka, Mitsushi ^a   Hamada, Kozo ^a   Kuwabara, Kenji ^a  

^a NIPPON SHINYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclic GMP; Superoxide anion; Ureter; Urinary stone; Urocalun

Indexed keywords

AMINOPHYLLINE; ASCORBIC ACID; ATROPINE; CYCLIC GMP; INDOMETACIN; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; PHENTOLAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPRANOLOL; QUERCUS SALICINA EXTRACT; QUERCUS STENOPHYLLA EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCALUN; XANTHINE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME INHIBITION; KIDNEY PELVIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; OAK; PERISTALSIS; QUERCUS SALICINA; QUERCUS STENOPHYLLA; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 21044451484     PISSN: 03863603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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