Acupuncture at "zusanli" (St.36) and "sanyinjiao" (SP.6) points on the gastrointestinal tract: A study of the bioavailability of 99mTc-sodium pertechnetate in rats

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Senna Fernandes, Vasco ^a,b   França, Daisy L M ^a,b   De Souza, Deise ^a   Santos, Kelly C M ^a   Sousa, Rafael S ^a   Manoel, Cristiano V ^a   Santos Filho, Sebastião D ^a   Cortez, Célia M ^a   Bernardo Filho, Mario ^a   Guimarães, Marco Antonio M ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Academia Brasileira de Arte e Ciência Oriental Colégio Brasileiro de Acupuntura   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ILEUM; JEJUNUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; RAT; RECTUM; STOMACH;

EID: 79251554957     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/nep009     Document Type: Article

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