A Chinese herbal decoction, danggui buxue tang, improves chronic fatigue syndrome induced by food restriction and forced swimming in rats

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1825-1832

  Liu, Ya ^a   Zhang, Hai Gang ^a   Li, Xiao Hui ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chronic fatigue syndrome; Danggui Buxue Tang; immune function; mitogen activated protein kinases; nuclear transcription factor B

Indexed keywords

DANGGUI BUXUE TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; JANUS KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALI; BODY WEIGHT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHINESE HERB; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FORCED SWIMMING TEST; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CYTOKINES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWIMMING; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 82155191377     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3499     Document Type: Article

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