Antifibrotic effect of total flavonoids of Astmgali Radix on dimethylnitrosamine-induced liver cirrhosis in rats

Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 48-54

  Cheng, Yang ^a   Mai, Jing yin ^b   Wang, Mei feng ^a   Chen, Gao feng ^a   Ping, Jian ^a  

^a SHUGUANG HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

Author keywords

dimethylnitrosamine; farnesoid X receptor; liver cirrhosis; peroxisome proliferatoractivated receptor ; rat; total flavonoids of Astmgali Radix; uncoupling protein 2

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FARNESOID X RECEPTOR; FLAVONOID; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; ACTIN; CELL RECEPTOR; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; FARNESOID X-ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYDROXYPROLINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UCP2 PROTEIN, RAT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ASTMGALI RADIX; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXPERIMENTAL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY WEIGHT; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FLAVONOIDS; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PPAR GAMMA; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

EID: 84992745750     PISSN: 16720415     EISSN: 19930402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11655-016-2627-6     Document Type: Article

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