Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb761) inhibits mitochondria-dependent caspase pathway and prevents apoptosis in hypoxia-reoxygenated cardiomyocytes

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shen, Jiangang ^a   Lee, Waisin ^a   Gu, Yong ^a   Tong, Yao ^a   Fung, Peter C W ^b   Tong, Li ^c  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILOBALIDE; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; OXYGEN; QUERTCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REOXYGENATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79951854650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-6-8     Document Type: Article

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