Anti-inflammatory effects of Chinese medicinal herbs on cerebral ischemia

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Su, Shan Yu ^a   Hsieh, Ching Liang ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHOLIDE; ANEMARRHENA ASPHODELOIDES EXTRACT; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; APOCYNIN; CYTOKINE; FERULIC ACID; GASTRODIA ELATA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) TRANSHYDROGENASE; PADGEM PROTEIN; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA EXTRACT; PANAX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT; PEONOL; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM EXTRACT; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; PUERARIN; RADIXIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS EXTRACT; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS EXTRACT; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANILLIN; WOGONIN; ZIZYPHUS SATIVA EXTRACT;

ABSCESS; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; APPENDICITIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONVULSION; DEPRESSION; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; FEVER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OTITIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANAX NOTOGINSENG; PICRORHIZA KURROA; POLYGONUM CUSPIDATUM; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; SOPHORA;

EID: 79959937942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-6-26     Document Type: Review

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