Neuroprotective effects of water-soluble Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides on cerebral ischemic injury in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 154-164

  Zhou, Zi Yi ^a,b   Tang, Yu Ping ^a   Xiang, Jun ^a   Wua, Pin ^a   Jin, Hui Ming ^a   Wang, Zhong ^c   Mori, Masao ^c   Cai, Ding Fang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^c Wakan Shoyaku Botany Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cerebral ischemia; Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide; Neuron; Rat

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; DNA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GANODERMA LUCIDUM POLYSACCHARIDE; GLUCOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; OXYGEN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NICK END LABELING; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELLS, CULTURED; FRUIT; MALE; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REISHI; SOLUBILITY; WATER;

GANODERMA LUCIDUM; RATTUS;

EID: 77955311021     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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