Protective effects of total flavones of rhododendra against global cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 877-887

  Yu, Tao ^a   Chen, Qiao Er ^a   Chen, Zhi Wu ^a   Xiong, Zizhong ^a   Ye, Mao ^b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Chinese Herbal; Flavonoids, Fura 2; Global Brain Ischemia; Platelet Aggregation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONALDEHYDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; RHODODENDRON; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VASCULARIZATION;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FLAVONES; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; RHODODENDRON; WATER;

EID: 74049118871     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X09007284     Document Type: Article

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