Effects of Shugan-Huayu powder, a traditional Chinese medicine, on hepatic fibrosis in rat model

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 223-233

  Cheng, Ching Chang ^a,b   Lin, Nai Nu ^a,b   Lee, Yen Feng ^a,b   Wu, Lung Yuan ^c   Hsu, Hsiao Ping ^b   Lee, Wen Jane ^a   Tung, Kwong Chung ^b   Chiu, Yung Tsung ^a,b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Hepatic stellate cell; Liver fibrosis; Traditional Chinese herb

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATRACTYLODES MACROCEPHALA EXTRACT; AURANTIIN; BUPLEURUM CHINENSE EXTRACT; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CITRUS RETICULATE EXTRACT; CYPERUS ROTUNDUS EXTRACT; FERULIC ACID; GELATINASE A; GLYCYRRHIZA URALENSIS EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HESPERIDIN; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG EXTRACT; LIQUIRITIN; MESSENGER RNA; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA EXTRACT; PAEONIFLORIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PRUNUS PERSICA EXTRACT; SAFFLOWER EXTRACT; SHUGAN HUAYU POWDER; SOUR ORANGE EXTRACT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUPLEURUM CHINENSE; CITRUS RETICULATE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FLOWER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGUSTICUM CHUANXIONG; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PERICARP; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PRUNUS PERSICA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOME; SEROLOGY; STELLATE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; ZYMOGRAPHY;

EID: 78149461166     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2010.AMK050     Document Type: Article

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