Anti-atherosclerotic plants which modulate the phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells

Phytomedicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1068-1081

  Saleh Al Shehabi, Tuqa ^a   Iratni, Rabah ^b   Eid, Ali H ^a,c  

^a Qatar University   (Qatar)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Herbal medicine; Phenotypic switch; Vascular smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

AKEBIA QUINATA; ARALIA CORDATA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAMELLIA SINENSES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CINNAMOMUM; CITRUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CURCUMA LONGA; DIOSCOREA POLYSTACHYA; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; GARLIC; GASTRODIA ELATA; GENE SWITCHING; GENTIANA LUTEA; GINGER; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; GLEDITSIA SINENSIS; GRAPE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISBISCUS SABDARIFFA; HUMAN; LITSEA CUBEBA; MAGNOLIA OFFICINALIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; MORUS ALBA; NONHUMAN; OLIVE TREE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC SWITCH; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHUBARB; ROSEMARY; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA; SWEET POTATO; THEOBRAMA CACAO; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84952910266     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2015.10.016     Document Type: Article

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