Vasodilatory and anti-inflammatory effects of the aqueous extract of rhubarb via a NO-cGMP pathway

Life Sciences

Volumn 78, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1550-1557

  Moon, Mi Kyoung ^a   Kang, Dae Gill ^a,b   Lee, Jun Kyong ^a   Kim, Jin Sook ^c   Lee, Ho Sub ^a,b  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adhesion; NO cGMP; Rheum undulatum (AR); Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

1H 1,2,4 OXADIAZOLO[4,3 A]QUINOXALIN 1 ONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; METHYLENE BLUE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; RHUBARB EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRAIN U937; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AORTA; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CYCLIC GMP; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; MALE; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHEUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

ANIMALIA; RHEUM UNDULATUM; RHEUM X HYBRIDUM;

EID: 32944456629     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2005.07.028     Document Type: Article

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