Protective effects of total flavones of rhododendra on cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-354

  Guo, Yan ^a   Chen, Zhi Wu ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral Ischemia; Lipid Peroxidation; Nitric Oxide; Oxidative Stress; Reperfusion; Total Flavones of Rhododendra (TFR)

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NIMODIPINE; NITRIC OXIDE; RHODODENDRON EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHODODENDRON;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLAVONES; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDRO-LYASES; ISOENZYMES; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 44049084742     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08005813     Document Type: Article

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