Pharmacological basis of traditional medicines and health supplements as curatives

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-131

  Miyata, Takeshi ^a  

^a SOJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

"Mibyou" (presymptomatic disease); Curative; Health supplement; Steroidal hormone like action; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

10 HYDROXY 2 DECENOIC ACID; 10 HYDROXYDECANOIC ACID; 2 DECENOIC ACID; 24 METHYLENECHOLESTEROL; BAKUMONDOTO; CODEINE; COUMESTROL; DAIDZEIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GENISTEIN; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; ISOFLAVONE; LUCIFERASE; MEMBRANE METALLOENDOPEPTIDASE; OPHIOPOGONIN; PHYTOESTROGEN; ROYAL JELLY; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SUBSTANCE P; TACHYKININ; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BINDING AFFINITY; BRONCHITIS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COUGHING; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INHIBITION; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; PHARYNGITIS; REPORTER GENE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; REVIEW; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UTERUS;

EID: 33847124925     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.CPJ06016X     Document Type: Review

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