Elucidating the Inhibitory Mechanisms of Magnolol on Rat Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation

• Main Authors: Chieh-Hsi Wu (Author), Chih-Wen Chen (Author), Ho-Chih Chen (Author), Weng-Cheng Chang (Author), Min-Ji Shu (Author), Jui-Sung Hung (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The pathological mechanism of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty-induced restenosis has been attributed to outgrowth of vascular smooth muscle cells. Pretreatment with antioxidants has been shown to reduce restenosis. Magnolol, an active compound of Magnolia officinalis, has exhibited ap...