Anti-hyperuricemia effects of extracts of immature Citrus unshiu fruit

Journal of Traditional Medicines

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-15

  Nakao, Kikuyo ^a   Murata, Kazuya ^a   Itoh, Kimihisa ^a   Hanamoto, Yuko ^a   Masuda, Megumi ^a   Moriyama, Kenzo ^a   Shintani, Takahiro ^a   Matsuda, Hideaki ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Citrus unshiu; hesperetin; hesperidin; hyperuricemia; xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960319434     PISSN: 18801447     EISSN: 18813747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11339/jtm.28.10     Document Type: Article

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