Open AccessEffects of pharmacological serum from normal and liver fibrotic rats on HSCs
Author(s) -
X.X. Yao,
Tao Lv
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v11.i16.2444
Subject(s) - salvia miltiorrhiza , pharmacology , carbon tetrachloride , salvia , hepatic stellate cell , colchicine , fibrosis , medicine , drug , traditional medicine , biology , pathology , chemistry , traditional chinese medicine , alternative medicine , organic chemistry
To make drug sera of Salvia miltiorrhiza and Yigankang, both of which are Chinese herbs that activate bleeding and eliminate stasis, in normal rats and those with liver fibrosis, respectively. To investigate and compare the effects of the two different drug sera on the proliferation and activation of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs).