Effectiveness of combination therapy of atorvastatin and non lipid-modifying tanshinone IIA from Danshen in a mouse model of atherosclerosis

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Jul 1;174(3):878-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.226. Epub 2014 Apr 26.
No abstract available

Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Atorvastatin; Combination therapy; Danshen; Tanshinone.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abietanes / administration & dosage*
  • Animals
  • Atherosclerosis / drug therapy*
  • Atherosclerosis / pathology
  • Atorvastatin
  • Disease Models, Animal*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal / administration & dosage
  • Heptanoic Acids / administration & dosage*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Pyrroles / administration & dosage*
  • Salvia miltiorrhiza
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Abietanes
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal
  • Heptanoic Acids
  • Pyrroles
  • tanshinone
  • dan-shen root extract
  • Atorvastatin