The inhibitory effect of baicalin on the short-term food intake in C57BL/6J mice

Biomolecules and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-177

  Kim, Eun Ho ^a   Son, Rak Ho ^a   Myoung, Hyeon Jong ^a   Mar, Woongchon ^b   Kim, Won Ki ^c   Nam, Kung Woo ^a,b,c  

^a Jung San Bio Technology   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Baicalin; CART; Food intake; POMC; Scutellaria baicalensis

Indexed keywords

BAICALIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; LUCIFERASE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; UPREGULATION;

MUS; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS;

EID: 77953103202     PISSN: 19769148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4062/biomolther.2010.18.2.171     Document Type: Article

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