Anti-atherosclerotic function of Astragali Radix extract: downregulation of adhesion molecules <it>in vitro</it> and <it>in vivo</it>

• Main Authors: You Yang (Author), Duan Yan (Author), Liu Shao-wei (Author), Zhang Xiao-lin (Author), Zhang Xiu-li (Author), Feng Jia-tao (Author), Yan Cheng-hui (Author), Han Ya-ling (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Atherosclerosis is considered to be a chronic inflammatory disease. Astragali Radix extract (ARE) is one of the major active ingredients extracted from the root of <it>Astragalus membranaceus</it> Bge. Although ARE has an...