Bioactivities of major constituents isolated from Angelica sinensis (Danggui)

Chinese Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chao, Wen Wan ^a   Lin, Bi Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; BUTYLIDENEPHTHALIDE; FERULIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 4; ISOFERULIC ACID; LIGUSTILIDE; LUCIFERASE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; DANGGUI; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER PROTECTION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RENAL PROTECTION; REVIEW;

EID: 80051799860     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8546-6-29     Document Type: Review

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