Treatment of stress urinary incontinence by ginsenoside Rh2

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 817-831

  Chen, Yung Hsiang ^a,b   Lin, Yu Ning ^a   Chen, Wen Chi ^a,b   Hsieh, Wen Tsong ^a   Chen, Huey Yi ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chinese Herbal Medicine; Ginsenoside Rh2; Leak Point Pressure; Maximum Urethral Closure Pressure; Stress Urinary Incontinence; Vaginal Distention

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1A ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; EXTRACELLULAR SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; GINSENOSIDE RH 2; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MYOSIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHENYLEPHRINE; ADRA1A PROTEIN, MOUSE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; GINSENOSIDE; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SMN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SOD3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; MACROPHAGE; MAXIMAL URETHRAL CLOSURE PRESSURE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRA PRESSURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; BLADDER DOME; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER WALL; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTRACTION ASSAY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEART RATE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; URETHRA; VAGINA DISEASE; VAGINAL DISTENSION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; SWINE; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GINSENOSIDES; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOSINS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PANAX; PHYTOTHERAPY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL OF MOTOR NEURON 1 PROTEIN; SWINE; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 84904301730     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X14500529     Document Type: Article

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