Long-term treatment with a Yang-invigorating Chinese herbal formula, Wu-Zi-Yan-Zong-Wan, reduces mortality and liver oxidative damage in chronic alcohol-intoxicated rats

Rejuvenation Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 459-467

  Chen, Meng Li ^a,b   Tsai, Sam Hip ^a   Ip, Siu Po ^a   Ko, Kam Ming ^c   Che, Chun Tao ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHINESE DRUG; CHOLESTEROL; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; SUPEROXIDE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WU ZI YAN ZONG WAN;

AGING; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FATTY LIVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 77956124060     PISSN: 15491684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/rej.2009.0985     Document Type: Article

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