Effect of a derived herbal recipe from an ancient Chinese formula, Danggui Buxue Tang, on ovariectomized rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 567-575

  Xie, Qing Feng ^a   Xie, Jian Hui ^a   Dong, Tina T X ^b   Su, Ji Yan ^a   Cai, Da Ke ^a   Chen, Jian Ping ^b   Liu, Liang Feng ^a   Li, Yu Cui ^a   Lai, Xiao Ping ^a   Tsim, Karl W K ^b   Su, Zi Ren ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Folium Epimedii; Ovariectomy; Perimenopause; Radix Angelicae sinensis; Radix Astragali; RRF

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BETA ENDORPHIN; CHINESE DRUG; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; DANGGUI BUXUE TANG EXTRACT; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CHINESE HERB; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGGUI BUXUE TANG; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEMALE; FOLIUM EPIMEDII; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVARIECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIX ANGELICAE SINENSIS; RADIX ASTRAGALI; RAT;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; BONE DENSITY; DOPAMINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMUS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; OVARIECTOMY; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANGELICA SINENSIS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; DANGGUI; EPIMEDIUM; EQUIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 84870302312     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.09.041     Document Type: Article

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