LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Does Cimicifuga racemosa have the effects like estrogen on the sublingual gland in ovariectomized rats?

Da, Yun-Meng; Niu, Kai-Yu; Liu, Shu-Ya; Wang, Ke; Wang, Wen-Juan; Jia, Jing; Qin, Li-Hua; Bai, Wen-Pei.

Biol. Res; 50 (), 2017

BACKGROUND: Cimicifuga racemosa is one of the herbs used for the treatment of climacteric syndrome, and it has been cited as an alternative therapy to estrogen. Apart from hectic fevers, dyspareunia and so on, dry mouth also increase significantly after menopause. It has not yet been reported whether C. ...

Estradiol/farmacología, Estrógenos/farmacología, Ovariectomía, Extractos Vegetales/farmacología, Glándula Sublingual/efectos de los fármacos, Células Acinares/efectos de los fármacos, Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos, Caspasa 3/análisis, Caspasa 3/efectos de los fármacos, Climaterio/efectos de los fármacos, Terapia de Reemplazo de Estrógeno/métodos, Xerostomía/prevención & control, Regulación hacia Abajo, Inmunohistoquímica, Microscopía Electrónica de Transmisión, Ratas Sprague-Dawley, Reproducibilidad de los Resultados, Factores de Tiempo, Resultado del Tratamiento

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Lacrimal gland primary acinar cell culture: the role of insulin

ABSTRACT Purpose: The goal of the present study was to establish a protocol for primary culture of lacrimal gland acinar cells (LGACs) and to assess the effect of adding insulin to the culture media. Methods: LGACs were isolated and cultured from lacrimal glands of Wistar male rats. The study outcomes ...