Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 602935, 9 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/602935
Research Article

Protective Effects of Salvia miltiorrhizae on Multiple Organs of Rats with Obstructive Jaundice

1The Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Lakehead University, 290 Munro Street, Thunder Bay, ON, P7A 7 T1, Canada
2Department of General Surgery, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China
3Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hangzhou 310053, Zhejiang, China
4Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, China

Received 9 May 2009; Accepted 10 June 2009

Academic Editor: Vera L. Petricevich

Copyright © 2009 Zhang Ling et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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