Hot-water-extracts of Polygonum multiflorum do not induce any toxicity but elicit limited beneficial effects on the liver in mice

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 720-725

  Noda, Toshihiro ^a   Yamada, Takehiro ^a   Ohkubo, Tomoko ^a   Omura, Tomohiro ^a   Ono, Takashi ^a   Adachi, Tomoki ^a   Awaya, Toshio ^a   Tasaki, Yoshikazu ^a   Shimizu, Keiko ^a   Matsubara, Kazuo ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Hepatocyte; Herbal medicine; Lactate dehydrogenase; Polygonum multiflorum

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; CELL VIABILITY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; HAIR LOSS; HERBAL MEDICINE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO CULTURE; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM; UNITED STATES; VERTIGO;

MUS; POLYGONUM MULTIFLORUM;

EID: 70350225687     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.55.720     Document Type: Article

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