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Zhaohui Xu1, Hongzhou Yang, Mingmei Zhou
1Engineering Research Center of Modern Preparation Technology of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Phytotherapy Research : PTR
|April 18, 2009
Abstract:
The potent inhibitory effect of the total lignan from the plant Fructus Arctii on aldose reductase was observed, suggesting its preventive potential on diabetic complications upon long term administration.
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