Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 258-261 , March 2009

Inhibitory effect of rhetsinine isolated from Evodia rutaecarpa on aldose reductase activity

  • A. Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Pharmacy, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +81764345155.
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  • H. Yasuko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Pharmacy, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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  • H. Goto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Kampo Diagnostics, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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  • J. Hollinshead

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK
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  • R.J. Nash

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, UK
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  • I. Adachi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hospital Pharmacy, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.04.008

Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 258-261 , March 2009

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