Psoralea corylifolia protects against testicular torsion/detorsion-induced ischemia/reperfusion injury

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 568-574

  Wei, Si Ming ^a,b   Yan, Zhi Zhong ^c   Zhou, Jian ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG CHINESE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Red Cross Hospital of Hangzhou City   (China)

Author keywords

cAMP responsive element modulator (CREM ); Ischemia reperfusion injury; Malondialdehyde; Psoralea corylifolia; Spermatogenesis; Testicular torsion detorsion

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; MALONALDEHYDE; PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSORALEA CORYLIFOLIA; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SHAM PROCEDURE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTICULAR ISCHEMIA; TESTIS TORSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FRUIT; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSORALEA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPERMATIC CORD TORSION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS;

CULLEN CORYLIFOLIA; RATTUS;

EID: 80052025070     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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