Basic study on biochemical mechanism of thoron and thermal therapy

Physiological Chemistry and Physics and Medical NMR

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-92

  Kataoka, Takahiro ^a   Aoyama, Yutaka ^a   Sakoda, Akihiro ^a   Nakagawa, Shinya ^a   Yamaoka, Kiyonori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antioxidant function; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Thoron and thermal therapy; Tissue perfusion

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; KETONE BODY; RADON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; THERMAL SPRING; TIME;

3-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEAT; HOT SPRINGS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KETONE BODIES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MIDDLE AGED; RADON; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 42249089359     PISSN: 07486642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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