Hepatotoxicity or Hepatoprotection? Pattern Recognition for the Paradoxical Effect of the Chinese Herb Rheum palmatum L. in Treating Rat Liver Injury

Jia-bo Wang; Hai-ping Zhao; Yan-ling Zhao; Cheng Jin; Dao-jian Liu; Wei-jun Kong; Fang Fang; Lin Zhang; Hong-juan Wang; Xiao-he Xiao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024498

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Hepatotoxicity or Hepatoprotection? Pattern Recognition for the Paradoxical Effect of the Chinese Herb Rheum palmatum L. in Treating Rat Liver Injury

Jia-bo Wang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia-bo Wang, Hai-ping Zhao

* E-mail: pharmacy302@126.com

Affiliation Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Hai-ping Zhao ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Jia-bo Wang, Hai-ping Zhao

Affiliations Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Key Laboratory of Modern Preparation of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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Yan-ling Zhao,

Affiliation Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Cheng Jin,

Affiliation Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Dao-jian Liu,

Affiliation Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Wei-jun Kong,

Affiliations Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Fang Fang,

Affiliations Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Lin Zhang,

Affiliations Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, People's Republic of China
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Hong-juan Wang,

Affiliation Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Xiao-he Xiao

Affiliation Integrative Medicine Center, 302 Military Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Hepatotoxicity or Hepatoprotection? Pattern Recognition for the Paradoxical Effect of the Chinese Herb Rheum palmatum L. in Treating Rat Liver Injury

Jia-bo Wang,
Hai-ping Zhao,
Yan-ling Zhao,
Cheng Jin,
Dao-jian Liu,
Wei-jun Kong,
Fang Fang,
Lin Zhang,
Hong-juan Wang,
Xiao-he Xiao

Published: September 6, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0024498

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