The Herbal Medicine Tokishakuyakusan Increases Fetal Blood Glucose Concentrations and Growth Hormone Levels and Improves Intrauterine Growth Retardation Induced by Nω-Nitro-L-arginine Methyl Ester

The Herbal Medicine Tokishakuyakusan Increases Fetal Blood Glucose Concentrations and Growth Hormone Levels and Improves Intrauterine Growth Retardation Induced by Nω-Nitro-L-arginine Methyl Ester

Nω-Nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) induces a pre-eclampsia-like syndrome in pregnant rats. We have previously reported the anti-hypertensive effects of several Japanese traditional (Kampo) medicines in this model, and one of these, Tokishakuyakusan (TS), also improved intrauterine growth reta...

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Main Authors: Hisato Takei, Seiichi Iizuka, Masahiro Yamamoto, Shuichi Takeda, Masako Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Arishima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S134786131934229X

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