Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 199-208 , May 2010

Astragalus polysaccharides inhibited diabetic cardiomyopathy in hamsters depending on suppression of heart chymase activation

  • Wei Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040, China
    • ,
  • Yi-Ming Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 021 62483354; fax: +86 021 62483354.
    • ,
  • Mao-Hua Yu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Geriatrics, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200040, China

Received 22 December 2007 ,Revised 25 October 2008 ,Accepted 3 December 2008.

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PII: S1056-8727(08)00123-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2008.12.003

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 199-208 , May 2010

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