Antioxidant properties of berberine on cultured rabbit corpus cavernosum smooth muscle cells injured by hydrogen peroxide

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1914-1918

  Tan, Yan ^a,b   Tang, Qiang ^c   Hu, Ben Rong ^c   Xiang, Ji Zhou ^c  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant action; Berberine; Corpus cavernosum; Erectile dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; MALE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BERBERINE; CELLS, CULTURED; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PENIS; RABBITS;

EID: 36649004558     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00705.x     Document Type: Article

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