Japanese herbal medicine, Saiko-keishi-to, prevents gut ischemia/reperfusion-induced liver injury in rats via nitric oxide

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2241-2244

  Horie, Yoshinori ^a   Kajihara, Mikio ^a   Mori, Shuka ^a   Yamagishi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kimura, Hiroyuki ^a   Tamai, Hironao ^a   Kato, Shinzo ^a   Ishii, Hiromasa ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ENDOTOXIN; N(G) METHYLARGININE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITRITE; PENTOBARBITAL; SHOSAIKOTO GO KEISHIKASHAKUYAKUTO; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPOSURE; HERBAL MEDICINE; INTESTINE ISCHEMIA; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOSTASIS; LIVER CELL DAMAGE; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROSCOPY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 4344626871     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v10.i15.2241     Document Type: Article

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