Nitric oxide bioactivity of traditional Chinese medicines used for cardiovascular indications

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 835-840

  Tang, Yaoping ^a   Garg, Harsha ^a   Geng, Yong Jian ^b,c   Bryan, Nathan S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Free radicals; Herbal medicine; Homeopathy; Nitrate; Nitrite; Prevention; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

BORNEOL; GINSENG EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NITRATE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PAEONIA RADIX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA STRIP; ARTICLE; ASIA; BORNEOLUM SYNTHETICUM; BULBUS ALLII MACROSTEMI; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINNAMOMUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG INDICATION; ENDOTHELIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUCTUS TRICHOSANTHIS; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIX NOTOGINSENG; RESINA OLIBANI; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE REDUCTASES; NITRITES; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; VASODILATION;

EID: 68349160710     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2009.06.024     Document Type: Article

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