Ginkgo biloba extract improves coronary artery circulation in patients with coronary artery disease: Contribution of plasma nitric oxide and endothelin-1

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 734-739

  Wu, Yu Zhou ^a   Li, Shu Qin ^a   Zu, Xiu Guang ^a   Du, Jun ^a   Wang, Feng Fei ^a  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; Endothelin 1; Ginkgo biloba; Nitric oxide; Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; GINATON; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIN-1; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

GINKGO BILOBA;

EID: 46849112628     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2335     Document Type: Article

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