Effects of polysaccharides of the Euphoria Longan (Lour.) Steud on focal cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury and its underlying mechanism

Brain Injury

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 292-299

  Chen, Jian ^a   Chen, Xu ^a   Qin, Jian ^b  

^a GUILIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region   (China)

Author keywords

apoptosis; cerebral ischemia reperfusion; inflammatory response; oxidative stress; Polysaccharides of the Euphoria Longan (Lour.) Steud

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUPHORIA LONGAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SAPINDACEAE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 79751476613     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02699052.2010.546824     Document Type: Article

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