A Chinese herbal decoction prepared from Radix Astragali and Radix Angelicae Sinensis induces the expression of erythropoietin in cultured Hep3B cells

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 392-395

  Gao, Qiu T ^a   Cheung, Jerry K H ^a   Choi, Roy C Y ^a   Cheung, Anna W H ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Jiang, Zhi Y ^a   Duan, Ran ^a   Zhao, Kui J ^a,c   Ding, An W ^b   Dong, Tina T X ^a   Tsim, Karl W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angelica sinensis; Astragalus membranaceus var. Mongholicus; Erythropoietin; Leguminosae; Umbelliferae

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; DANGGUI BUXUE TANG; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIX ANGELICAE SINENSIS; RADIX ASTRAGALI;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANT ROOTS;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; APIACEAE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS VAR. MONGHOLICUS; DANGGUI; FABACEAE;

EID: 42549125894     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034322     Document Type: Article

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