Herba Cistanche extract enhances mitochondrial glutathione status and respiration in rat hearts, with possible induction of uncoupling proteins

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 512-517

  Siu, Ada Hoi Ling ^a   Ko, Kam Ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Calcium; Glutathione; Herba Cistanche; Membrane potential; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial respiration; Uncoupling

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; GLUTATHIONE; HERBA CISTANCHE EXTRACT; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CISTANCHE; CISTANCHE DESERTICOLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL RESPIRATION; CISTANCHE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

CISTANCHE; CISTANCHE DESERTICOLA; OROBANCHACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 77951868356     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880200903190985     Document Type: Article

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