Compound Astragalus and Salvia miltiorrhiza extract suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma progression by inhibiting fibrosis and PAI-1 mRNA transcription

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 198-209

  Rui, Wenjuan ^a   Xie, Lei ^a,b   Liu, Xin ^c   He, Shufang ^a   Wu, Chao ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxiang ^d   Zhang, Linjie ^a   Yang, Yan ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Anhui Province   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Compound Astragalus and Salvia miltiorrhiza extract; Diethylnitrosamine; Hepatic fibrosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Plasminogen activator inhibitor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; COMPOUND ASTRAGALUS AND SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYPROLINE; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; PROTEIN; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; TUMOR INVASION;

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; RATTUS; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA;

COMPOUND ASTRAGALUS AND SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; HEPATIC FIBROSIS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84891482530     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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