Puerarin accelerates peripheral nerve regeneration

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1207-1217

  Hsiang, Shih Wei ^a   Lee, Han Chung ^b   Tsai, Fuu Jen ^a   Tsai, Chin Chuan ^c,d   Yao, Chun Hsu ^a   Chen, Yueh Sheng ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d E DA HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Peripheral Nerve Regeneration; Puerarin; Silicone Rubber

Indexed keywords

PUERARIN; SILICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; ISOFLAVONES; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PUERARIA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 81155139247     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X11009500     Document Type: Article

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