In vitro pharmacological activities of the extracts from red ant Formica aquilonia as potential therapeutic agents

Journal of Traditional Medicines

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-67

  Piao, Chunhong ^a,c   Tachikawa, Eiichi ^b   Hu, Yaohui ^c   Sato, Yoshinori ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Yamamoto, Kei ichiro ^a   Shinada, Tetsuro ^d   Suzuki, Koichi ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JILIN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

anti inflammation; antioxidant; catecholamine secretion; cytotoxicity; POP; red ant extract

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954865371     PISSN: 18801447     EISSN: 18813747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11339/jtm.26.61     Document Type: Article

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