Protective effect of hexane extracts of Uncaria sinensis against photothrombotic ischemic injury in mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 774-779

  Park, Sun Haeng ^a   Kim, Ji Hyun ^a   Park, Se Jin ^a   Bae, Sun Sik ^b   Choi, Young Whan ^a   Hong, Jin Woo ^a   Choi, Byung Tae ^a   Shin, Hwa Kyoung ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase; Focal cerebral ischemia; Uncaria sinensis; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCARIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN PROTECTION; BRAIN SIZE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; UNCARIA SINENSIS; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HEXANES; MALE; MEDICINE, KOREAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SOLVENTS; UNCARIA; VASODILATION;

MUS; RATTUS; UNCARIA SINENSIS;

EID: 82455164145     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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