Moxibustion activates mast cell degranulation at the ST25 in rats with colitis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 17, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 3733-3738

  Shi, Yin ^a   Qi, Li ^a   Wang, Jing ^b   Xu, Ming Shu ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a   Wu, Lu Yi ^a   Wu, Huan Gan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Colitis; Disodium cromoglycate; Mast cell; Moxibustion; ST25 acupoint

Indexed keywords

CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TRINITROBENZENESULFONIC ACID;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; COLITIS; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; MAST CELL; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MOXIBUSTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

EID: 80053925070     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i32.3733     Document Type: Article

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