The effect of gypenosides on cardiac function and expression of cytoskeletal genes of myocardium in diabetic cardiomyopathy rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1059-1068

  Ge, Min ^a   Ma, Shanfeng ^a   Tao, Liang ^a   Guan, Sudong ^a  

^a BENGBU MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Cardiac Function; Diabetic Cardiomyopathy; Gypenosides; Titin, Nebulin

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GYPENOSIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NEBULIN; STREPTOZOCIN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT DURATION; WEIGHT CHANGE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CYTOSKELETON; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GYNOSTEMMA; HEART; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEIN KINASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 76449114372     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X09007491     Document Type: Article

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