Danshen: A versatile Chinese herbal drug for the treatment of coronary heart disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 437-438

  Cheng, Tsung O ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; THROMBOXANE; THROMBOXANE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AMPOULE; ANGINA PECTORIS; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; MICROCIRCULATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; T WAVE; THROMBOCYTE ADHESION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

EID: 33750733031     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.10.026     Document Type: Letter

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