Extract of Antrodia camphorata exerts neuroprotection against embolic stroke in rats without causing the risk of hemorrhagic incidence.

In this study, the neuroprotective effect of an extract of Antrodia camphorata (A. camphorata), a fungus commonly used in Chinese folk medicine for treatment of viral hepatitis and cancer, alone or in combination with aspirin was investigated in a rat embolic stroke model. An ischemic stroke was ind...

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Published in:Scientific World Journal pp. 686109 - 686110
Main Authors: Lee, Ye-Ming, Chang, Chiu-Yun, Yen, Ting-Lin, Geraldine, Pitchairaj, Lan, Chang-Chou, Sheu, Joen-Rong, Lee, Jie-Jen
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
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