Visualizing the network of bonghan ducts in the omentum and peritoneum by using trypan blue

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 66-70

  Lee, Byung Cheon ^a,b   Kim, Ki Woo ^a   Soh, Kwang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korean Pharmacopunture Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Adipose tissue; Bonghan corpuscle; Bonghan duct; Omentum; Peritoneum; Trypan blue

Indexed keywords

DYE; TRYPAN BLUE; COLORING AGENT;

ABDOMEN; ACUPUNCTURE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONGHAN CORPUSCLE; BONGHAN DUCT; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OMENTUM; PERITONEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TUMOR GROWTH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEMISTRY; STAINING; WISTAR RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; MALE; MERIDIANS; OMENTUM; PERITONEUM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAINING AND LABELING; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 64549140766     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60017-0     Document Type: Article

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