The nephroprotective effects of the herbal medicine preparation, WH30+, on the chemical-induced acute and chronic renal failure in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 491-500

  Ngai, Heidi H Y ^a   Sit, Wai Hung ^a   Wan, Jennifer M F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acute renal failure; Adenine; Chinese herb preparation; Chronic renal failure; Cordyceps Sinensis; Glycerol; Rheum Palmatum; Salvia Miltiorrhiza; WH30+

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; CODONOPSIS PILOSULAE EXTRACT; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; CREATININE; EPIHEDIUM MACRANTHUM EXTRACT; GLYCEROL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEONURUS SIBIRICUS EXTRACT; NITROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUBARB EXTRACT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; WH 30;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CODONOPSIS; CODONOPSIS PILOSULAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIHEDIUM MACRANTHUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; LEONURUS; LEONURUS SIBIRICUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RENAL PROTECTION; RHUBARB; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; STUDENT T TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WH30;

ANIMALS; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY WEIGHT; CREATININE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 21344460772     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X05003089     Document Type: Article

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