The antioxidant effects of radix astragali (Astragalus membranaceus and related species) in protecting tissues from injury and disease

Current Drug Targets

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1331-1340

  Shahzad, Muhammad ^a,b   Shabbir, Arham ^b   Wojcikowski, Ken ^c   Wohlmuth, Hans ^c,d   Gobe, Glenda C ^a  

^a TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Integria Healthcare   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Astragalosides; Astragalus; Cardioprotective; Ischemia reperfusion; Nephroprotective; Radix astragali

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ASTRAGALOSIDE IV; ASTRAGALUS ROOT EXTRACT; FORMONONETIN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ISOFLAVONOID; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SAPONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANG QI;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN PROTECTION; CEREBRAL ISCHEMIC INJURY; CHINESE MEDICINE; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE EJECTION; HUMAN; INJURY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIPID PEROXIDATION ASSAY; LIVER PROTECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELL; ANIMAL; ASTRAGALUS (PLANT); ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT ROOTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84983802996     PISSN: 13894501     EISSN: 18735592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389450116666150907104742     Document Type: Review

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