Effects of Rikkunshi-to, a traditional Japanese medicine, on the delay of gastric emptying induced by NG-nitro-L-arginine

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-167

  Kido, Toshitaka ^a,b   Nakai, Yoichiro ^b   Kase, Yoshio ^b   Sakakibara, Iwao ^b   Nomura, Masaaki ^c   Takeda, Shuichi ^b   Aburada, Masaki ^b,d  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TSUMURA AND CO   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d MUSASHINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Hesperidin; L arginine; NG nitro L arginine; Rikkunshi to

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ATRACTYLODES EXTRACT; AURANTII NOBILIS EXTRACT; GINGER EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HESPERIDIN; METHANOL; N(G) NITROARGININE; PINELLIAE EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RIKKUNSHIO TO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIZYPHUS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATRACTYLODES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPEPSIA; GINGER; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA; HERBAL MEDICINE; JUJUBE; NONHUMAN; PINELLIA; PLANT; RAT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH FUNCTION;

EID: 21744461294     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.FPJ04056X     Document Type: Article

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