A characteristic pharmacological action of 'Yang-invigorating' Chinese tonifying herbs: Enhancement of myocardial ATP-generation capacity

Phytomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 636-642

  Ko, K M ^a   Leon, T Y Y ^a   Mak, D H F ^a   Chiu, P Y ^a   Du, Y ^a   Poon, M K T ^a  

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

Author keywords

ATP; Electron transport; Herbs; Mitochondrion; Myocardium; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CODONOPSIS EXTRACT; CORTEX EUCOMMIAE EXTRACT; CUSCUTA EXTRACT; FRUCTUS LIGUSTRI EXTRACT; FRUCTUS PSORALEAE EXTRACT; FRUCTUS ZIZIPHI EXTRACT; HERBA CISTANCHI EXTRACT; HERBA CYNOMORII EXTRACT; HERBA EPIMEDII EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIX ASPARAGI EXTRACT; RADIX ASTRAGALI EXTRACT; RADIX DIPSACI EXTRACT; RADIX FICI EXTRACT; RADIX GLYCYRRHIZAE EXTRACT; RADIX MORINDAE EXTRACT; RADIX OPHIOPOGONII EXTRACT; RADIX ORYZAE EXTRACT; RADIX PANACIS QUINQUEFOLII EXTRACT; RADIX PSEUDOSTELLARIAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA ATRACTYLODIS EXTRACT; RHIZOMA CURCULIGINIS EXTRACT; RHIZOMA DIOSCOREAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA DRYNARIAE EXTRACT; RHIZOMA POLYGONATI EXTRACT; SEMEN ALLII EXTRACT; SEMEN PRINSEPIAE EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART MITOCHONDRION; HEART MUSCLE; HOMOGENATE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HEART; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MITOCHONDRIA; MYOCARDIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS; YANG DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33750500327     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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