Medicinal tonic liqueur (Yomeishu®) has oxygen radical absorbing activity, and improves the endothelial dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats

Japanese Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1013-1019

  Ezaki, Nobuhisa ^a   Niizawa, Shin Ichi ^a   Yanagisawa, Kumiko ^a   Yahikozawa, Yukari ^a   Hatanaka, Fumiyuki ^a   Kojima, Satoru ^a  

^a Central Research Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelial function; Oxygen radical absorbing capacity (ORAC) assay; STZ rat; Yomeishu

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ACETYLCHOLINE; CINNAMON EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MEDICINAL TONIC LIQUER; OXYGEN RADICAL; PAEONIA RADIX; SCAVENGER; STREPTOZOCIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; TROLOX C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CISTANCHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ERYTHROCYTE DEFORMABILITY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EUCOMMIACEAE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN RADICAL ABSORBING CAPACITY ASSAY; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; THORACIC AORTA; VASODILATATION; YOMEISHU;

EID: 32844462326     PISSN: 03863603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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