Xuezhikang, an extract of cholestin, decreases plasma inflammatory markers and endothelin-1, improve exercise-induced ischemia and subjective feelings in patients with cardiac syndrome X

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-84

  Li, Jian Jun ^a   Wang, Ying ^b   Nie, Shao Ping ^c   Li, Qian ^d   Li, Yi Shi ^a   Huang, Yuan ^a   Hui, Ru Tai ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cardiac syndrome X; Endothelin 1; Exercise test; Interleukin 6; Lipid profile; Xuezhikang

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHINESE DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XUEZHIKANG EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; CARDIAC SYNDROME X; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNDROME X; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENDOTHELIN-1; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPIDS; MICROVASCULAR ANGINA;

EID: 34848903921     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.031     Document Type: Article

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