Daikenchuto, a traditional Japanese herbal medicine, ameliorates postoperative ileus by anti-inflammatory action through nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1026-1039

  Endo, Mari ^a   Hori, Masatoshi ^b   Ozaki, Hiroshi ^b   Oikawa, Tetsuro ^a   Hanawa, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory action; Daikenchuto; Macrophage; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Postoperative ileus

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; DAIKENCHUTO; DIGESTIVE TRACT AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; METHYLLYCACONITINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE CITRATE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DAI-KENCHU-TO; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; ILEUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; ORIENTAL MEDICINE; PHYTOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; ILEUS; MALE; MEDICINE, EAST ASIAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84902368487     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-013-0854-6     Document Type: Article

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