Ginsenoside-Rg1 from Panax notoginseng prevents hepatic fibrosis induced by thioacetamide in rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 634, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 162-169

  Geng, JiaWei ^a   Peng, Wei ^a   Huang, YouGuang ^b   Fan, Hong ^a   Li, ShuDe ^b  

^a FIRST PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF YUNNAN PROVINCE   (China)

^b KUNMING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ginsenoside Rg1; Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatic stellate cell; Platelet derived growth factor receptor; Thioacetamide

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GINSENOSIDE RG 1; HYDROXYPROLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THIOACETAMIDE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; GINSENOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STELLATE CELL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GINSENOSIDES; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THIOACETAMIDE;

EID: 77951207151     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.02.022     Document Type: Article

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