Emodin, an anthraquinone derivative from Rheum officinale Baill, enhances cutaneous wound healing in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 567, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Tang, Tian ^a   Yin, Longwu ^a   Yang, Jing ^a   Shan, Guang ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emodin; Smads; Transforming growth factor 1; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; EMODIN; HYDROXYPROLINE; RECOMBINANT EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RHEUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUM OFFICINALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WESTERN BLOTTING; WOUND; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EMODIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REGENERATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUM; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SMAD PROTEINS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34250890729     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2007.02.033     Document Type: Article

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