Japanese herbal medicine Inchin-ko-to as a therapeutic drug for liver fibrosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 584-591

  Inao, Mie ^a   Mochida, Satoshi ^a   Matsui, Atsushi ^a   Eguchi, Yuichiro ^a   Yulutuz, Yusufu ^a   Wang, Yanhong ^a   Naiki, Kayoko ^a   Kakinuma, Tohru ^a   Fujimori, Kenji ^a   Nagoshi, Sumiko ^a   Fujiwara, Kenji ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hepatic stellate cells; Inchin ko to; Liver fibrosis; TJ 135

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; COLLAGEN; DNA; GENIPIN; GENIPOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INCHIN KO TO; INCHINKO TO; IRIDOID; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG SCREENING; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLAGOGUES AND CHOLERETICS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; IRIDOIDS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; NECROSIS; PYRANS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

EID: 4644243524     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2004.06.033     Document Type: Article

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