Radixz astragali (Huangqi) as a treatment for defective hypoglycemia counterregulation in diabetes

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1027-1038

  Sang, Zhen ^a,b   Zhou, Ligang ^b   Fan, Xiaoning ^b   McCrimmon, Rory J ^b,c  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epinephrine; Glucagon; Huang qi (Radix astragali seu Hedysari); Hypoglycemia; Hypothalamus; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIX ASTRAGALI EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANG QI;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HYPERINSULINISM; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 78149445050     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X10008445     Document Type: Article

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