Advances in Studies on Pharmacological Functions of Ligustilide and their Mechanisms

Chinese Herbal Medicines

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-32

  YANG, Jin ying ^a   CHEN, Hu hu ^a   WU, Jiang ^b   GONG, Su xiao ^b   CHEN, Chang qing ^b   ZHANG, Tie jun ^b   WANG, Min jie ^c  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH   (China)

^c Tianjin Port Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

cerebral infarct; ischemic brain injury; ligustilide; neurobehavioral deficit; pharmacological function and mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879263436     PISSN: 16746384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-6384.2012.01.005     Document Type: Review

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