An-Gong-Niu-Huang Wan protects against cerebral ischemia induced apoptosis in rats: Up-regulation of Bcl-2 and down-regulation of Bax and caspase-3

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 156-162

  Wang, Guo Hua ^a   Lan, Rui ^a   Zhen, Xin De ^a   Zhang, Wen ^a   Xiang, Jun ^a,b   Cai, Ding Fang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LONGHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

An Gong Niu Huang Wan; Apoptosis; Cerebral ischemia; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

AN GONG NIU HUANG; CASPASE 3; DNA; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AN-GONG-NIU-HUANG WAN; CASP3 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION ASSAY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASPASE 3; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; NEURONS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84900320439     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.03.057     Document Type: Article

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