Transplantation

Research from Medical College in the area of transplantation described

Published in Drug Law Weekly, February 17th, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal Transplantation Proceedings, "Caesalpinia sappan L., which has been used in oriental medicine as an analgesic and antiinflammatory agent, has shown immunosuppressive activity on acute rejection on rat heart allografts. The present study was designed to investigate the potency of protosappanin A, one major ingredient of C sappan L., in rat heart transplantation."

"Protosappanin A isolated from an ethanol extract of C sappan L. was identified by wave spectrum. All groups consisted of Wistar donors into Sprague-Dawley (SD) recipients, including large (25 mg/kg) or small (5 mg/kg) doses of protosappanin A plus...

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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2009-02-17)

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