A Yang-invigorating Chinese herbal formula enhances mitochondrial functional ability and antioxidant capacity in various tissues of male and female rats

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 238-247

  Leung, Hoi Yan ^a   Chiu, Po Yee ^a   Poon, Michel K T ^a   Ko, Kam Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHINESE DRUG; CNIDIUM RHIZOME; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; EVODIA FRUIT; FLAVONOID; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VI 28;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GINSENG; HEART; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SALVIA; SENILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VISCERA; YIN-YANG;

ANIMALIA; CNIDIUM; CORDYCEPS; EVODIA; PANAX GINSENG; SALVIA;

EID: 29144449225     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2005.8.238     Document Type: Article

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