Combination use of ferulic acid, ligustrazine and tetrahydropalmatine inhibits the growth of ectopic endometrial tissue: A multi-target therapy for endometriosis rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1218-1225

  Tang, Qing ^a,b   Shang, Fanghong ^a,b   Wang, Xiaocui ^a,b   Yang, Yang ^a,b   Chen, Gang ^c   Chen, Yi ^a,b   Zhang, Jifen ^a,b   Xu, Xiaoyu ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b State Administrative Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^c CHONGQING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Endometriosis; Ferulic acid; Ligustrazine; Rats; Tetrahydropalmatine

Indexed keywords

3-(4,5-DIMETHYLTHIAZOL-2-YL)-2,5-DIPHENYL TETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AN INTERNAL CONTROL USED IN WESTERN BLOT; CARBOXYMETHYCELLULOSE (PUBCHEM CID: 6328154); CHEMILUMINESCENT IMMUNOASSAY; CLIA; CMC-NA; COX-2; CYCLOXYGENASE-2; DAB; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE (PUBCHEM CID: 7071); E(2); ECL; ELISA; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENHANCED CHEMILUMINESCENCE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ER; ERE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL (PUBCHEM CID: 5757); ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RESPONSE ELEMENT; FA; FBS; FERULIC ACID; FERULIC ACID (PUBCHEM CID: 445858); FETAL BOVINE SERUM; FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE; FSH; GESTRINONE; GESTRINONE (PUBCHEM CID: 27812); GNRH; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GTN; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEIN 90; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; HRP; HSP90; IGG; IL-1Β; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INHIBITOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR-ΚB; INTERLEUKIN-1Β; IΚBΑ; LH; LIGUSTRAZINE; LIGUSTRAZINE (PUBCHEM CID: 14296); LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE (PUBCHEM CID: 11970143); LPS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LZ; MTT; NF-ΚB; NONYL PHENOXYPOLYETHOXYLETHANOL; NP-40; NUCLEAR TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-ΚB; PAGE; PBS; PHENYLMETHANESULFONYL FLUORIDE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PMSF; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYVINYLIDENE DIFLUORIDE; PVDF; RADIO IMMUNOPRECIPITATION ASSAY; RATS; RIPA; ROSWELL PARK MEMORIAL INSTITUTE; RPMI; SDS; SODIUM CARBOXYMETHYCELLULOSE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE (PUBCHEM CID: 3423265); SP; STREPTAVIDIN-PEROXIDASE; TBST; TETRAHYDROPALMATINE; TETRAHYDROPALMATINE (PUBCHEM CID: 72301); THP; TNF-Α; TRIS-BUFFERED SALINE AND TWEEN 20; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; Β-ACTIN;

ANIMALS; BERBERINE ALKALOIDS; CHORISTOMA; COUMARIC ACIDS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; I-KAPPA B PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PYRAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84895070084     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2013.12.047     Document Type: Article

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