Inhibitory effects of Bezoar Bovis on intimal formation and vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in rat

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 439-447

  Mizuno, Masaki ^a,d,f   Chung, Hwa Jin ^a,e   Maruyama, Ikuro ^c   Tani, Tadato ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Research and Development Department   (Japan)

^e Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^f NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Balloon endothelial denudation; Bezoar Bovis; Intimal formation; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; GO O; NIUHANG; TRANILAST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CATTLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HEART PALPITATION; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REDUCTION; RESTENOSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTHRANILIC ACIDS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CATTLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GALLSTONES; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA;

EID: 21344445733     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X05003041     Document Type: Article

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