Hot water extracted Lycium barbarum and Rehmannia glutinosa inhibit liver inflammation and fibrosis in rats

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1173-1191

  Wu, Po Shan ^a,c   Wu, Shu Ju ^d   Tsai, Ya Hui ^a   Lin, Yun Ho ^b   Chao, Jane C J ^a,e  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Herbal Extract; Hydroxyproline; Liver Injury; Polysaccharides; Transforming Growth Factor 1

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; HOT WATER; HYDROXYPROLINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LYCIUM BARBARUM EXTRACT; OLIVE OIL; REHMANNIA GLUTINOSA EXTRACT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIFIBROTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYCIUM; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REHMANNIA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 81155153692     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X11009482     Document Type: Article

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