A standardized extract from Paeonia lactiflora and Astragalus membranaceus attenuates liver fibrosis induced by porcine serum in rats

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 491-498

  Sun, Wu Yi ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Liu, Hao ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Wei, Wei ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Astragalus membranaceus; Hepatic stellate cell; Liver fibrosis; Paeonia lactiflora

Indexed keywords

ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIVER PROTECTIVE AGENT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; PAEONIA LACTIFLORA EXTRACT; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STELLATE CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, EXPERIMENTAL; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PAEONIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-SIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84862923000     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2011.844     Document Type: Article

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