Aqueous extract of Yin-Chen-Hao decoction, a traditional Chinese prescription, exerts protective effects on concanavalin A-induced hepatitis in mice through inhibition of NF-κB

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 677-684

  Cai, Hui ^a   Song, Yao Hong ^a,b   Xia, Wei Jun ^c   Jin, Miao Wen ^c  

^a NANJING GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NANJING MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^b Nanjing Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CHINESE DRUG; CONCANAVALIN A; CYCLOSPORIN A; DNA FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; KUPFFER CELL; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRESCRIPTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; ARTEMISIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GARDENIA; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NF-KAPPA B; RHEUM; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 33646456019     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.58.5.0013     Document Type: Article

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