Natural compounds from danshen suppress the activity of hepatic stellate cells

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 762-767

  Seong, Hwan Oh ^a   Cho, Kyung Hwan ^a   Yang, Beom Seok ^b   Yong, Kyun Roh ^c  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Hallym University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Danshen; Fibrosis; Kinase inhibitor; Liver stellate cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749318518     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 02536269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02974077     Document Type: Article

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