Pharmacological characteristics of Kampo medicine as a mixture of constituents and ingredients

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-16

  Satoh, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a International Buddhist University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti ageing drugs; Herbal; Kampo medicine; Medicine; Multiple compounds; Rats; Vasodilatation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE; CARBACHOL; CHINESE DRUG; CHOTOSAN; ENDOTHELIUM DERIVED HYPERPOLARIZING FACTOR; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GOSHAJINKIGAN; HACHIMIJIOGAN; INDOMETACIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; KEISIBUKURYOGAN; MAGNOFLORINE; MOKUBOITO; NICARDIPINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PAEONIA RADIX; PAEONIFLORIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; ROKUMIGAN; SHAKUYAKUKANZOTO; SINOMENINE; SURAMIN; TETRANDRINE; TOKAKUJOKITO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CINNAMON; DEMENTIA; DEPOLARIZATION; GINSENG; GLYCYRRHIZA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINAL SPASM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

EID: 84873872808     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jintegrmed2013003     Document Type: Review

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