The hypocholesterolemic effects of Cistanche tubulosa extract, a chinese traditional crude medicine, in mice

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1125-1138

  Shimoda, Hiroshi ^a   Tanaka, Junji ^a   Takahara, Yoshiyuki ^b   Takemoto, Kazuhisa ^b   Shan, Shao Jie ^a   Su, Muh Hwan ^c  

^a 1 Numata Kitagata cho   (Japan)

^b Pharmafrontier Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c R and D Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acteoside; Apolipoprotein B; Cholesterol; Cistanche tubulosa; Hepatocyte; Hypercholesterolemia; Very Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor

Indexed keywords

ACTEOSIDE; ALCOHOL; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CISTANCHE TUBULOSA EXTRACT; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CISTANCHE; CISTANCHE TUBULOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CISTANCHE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSIDES; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIVER; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT ROOTS; RECEPTORS, LDL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 76449110648     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X09007545     Document Type: Article

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