Escin: Inhibiting inflammation and promoting gastrointestinal transit to attenuate formation of postoperative adhesions

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1614-1620

  Fu, Fenghua ^a,b   Hou, Yuezhi ^c   Jiang, Wanglin ^b   Wang, Ronghua ^d   Liu, Ke ^a,b  

^a YANTAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shandong Engineering Research Center for Nature Drug   (China)

^c Zhanhua Power Plant   (China)

^d BINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DEXAMETHASONE; DOMPERIDONE; ESCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GRANULOMA; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ADHESIONS; ADULT; ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCIN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; ILEUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 28844447047     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-7870-5     Document Type: Article

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