Oral administration of Ren-shen-yang-rong-tang 'ninjin'yoeito' protects against hematotoxicity and induces immature erythroid progenitor cells in 5-Fluorouracil-induced anemia

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-256

  Takano, Fumihide ^a   Ohta, Yasuyuki ^a   Tanaka, Tomoaki ^a   Sasaki, Kenroh ^b   Kobayashi, Kyoko ^b   Takahashi, Tomoya ^a   Yahagi, Nobuo ^a   Yoshizaki, Fumihiko ^b   Fushiya, Shinji ^c   Ohta, Tomihisa ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIHON PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Anemia; Erythroid progenitor cells; Kampo medicines; Ninjin'yoeito

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; KAMPO; REN SHEN YANG RONG TANG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BURST FORMING UNIT E; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROID CELL; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 70349484668     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem080     Document Type: Article

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