Aqueous extract of danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge) protects ovariectomized rats fed with high-fat diet from endothelial dysfunction

Menopause

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-109

  Li, Chun Mei ^a,b,c   Dong, Xiao Li ^d   Fan, Xiao Dan ^a   Wu, Jian Hong ^c   Wang, Qing Hua ^b   Tian, Xue Lian ^c   Guo, De Jian ^c   Wong, Man Sau ^c,d   Qiu, Tai Qiu ^a   Chan, Shun Wan ^c,d  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology   (China)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; Danshen; Endothelial dysfunction; High fat diet; Ovariectomized

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; ESTRADIOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MESSENGER RNA; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LIPID DIET; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; THORACIC AORTA; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; AORTA, THORACIC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIET, HIGH-FAT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; LIPIDS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OVARIECTOMY; PHENANTHROLINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE-1; VASODILATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84872058467     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/gme.0b013e31825b512d     Document Type: Article

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