A kampo medicine, boi-ogi-to, inhibits obesity in ovariectomized rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-95

  Yamakawa, Jun Ichi ^a   Moriya, Junji ^a   Takahashi, Takashi ^a   Ishige, Atsushi ^b   Motoo, Yoshiharu ^a   Yoshizaki, Fumihiko ^c   Kanda, Tsugiyasu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipocytokines; Boi ogi to; Obesity; Ovariectomized rats

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; BOI OGI TO; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; KAMPO; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; RESISTIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MENOPAUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; TISSUE LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77249150919     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nem153     Document Type: Article

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