Kohki tea protects the rabbit bladder from ischemia/reperfusion-induced contractile dysfunction

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-430

  Levin, Robert M ^a,b   Leggett, Robert E ^b   Whitbeck, Catherine ^a,b   Matsumoto, Seiji ^c   Ohto, Nobuaki ^d   Ikeda, Takao ^d   Mizutani, Kenji ^d   Higurashi, Akifumi ^d  

^a STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Maruzen Pharmaceuticals Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Khoki tea; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ENGELHARDTIA CHRYSOLEPIS EXTRACT; NATURAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ISCHEMIA; KOHKI TEA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; RABBIT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TEA;

ANIMALS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROBABILITY; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPERFUSION INJURY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEA; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 46249117248     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000132702     Document Type: Article

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