Chemical and biological assessment of a Chinese herbal decoction containing Radix Astragali and Radix Angelicae Sinensis: Determination of drug ratio in having optimized properties

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2767-2774

  Dong, Tina T X ^a   Zhao, Kui J ^a,b   Gao, Qiu T ^a   Ji, Zhao N ^a   Zhu, Ting T ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Duan, Ran ^a   Cheung, Anna W H ^a   Tsim, Karl W K ^a  

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

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic method; Angelica sinensis; Astragalus membranaceus var. Mongholicus; Leguminosae; TCM; Umbelliferae

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS; APIACEAE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS VAR. MONGHOLICUS; FABACEAE;

7,3' DIHYDROXY 4' METHOXYISOFLAVONE; 7,3'-DIHYDROXY-4'-METHOXYISOFLAVONE; ANGELICAE SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ASTRAGALOSIDE A; COUMARIC ACID; DANGGUI BUXUE DECOCTION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FERULIC ACID; FORMONONETIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; SAPONIN; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CELL DIVISION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PLANT ROOT; PROMOTER REGION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COUMARIC ACIDS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; OSTEOBLASTS; PLANT ROOTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SAPONINS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 33645960959     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf053163l     Document Type: Article

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