A combination of Chinese herbs, Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus and Angelica sinensis, enhanced nitric oxide production in obstructed rat kidney

Vascular Pharmacology

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 174-183

  Meng, Liqiang ^a,b,c   Qu, Lei ^a,b,c   Tang, Jiawei ^a,b,c   Cai, Shao Qing ^b   Wang, Haiyan ^a,b,c   Li, Xiaomei ^a,b,c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Angelica; Astragalus; Fibrosis; Nitric oxide; Unilateral ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT PLUS ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; ANGIOTENSIN II; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; COLLAGEN; DYE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ENDOTHELIN 1; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRITE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REAGENT; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY FIBROSIS; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STAINING; URETER OBSTRUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENDOTHELIN-1; FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 34547134264     PISSN: 15371891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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