title: Effects of Ge Gen Decoction on PGE2 content and COX activity in the degenarated cervical intervertebral discs of rats.
abstract: After the rat model of cervical spondylosis was developed for 6 months, the PGE2 content and COX activity in the cervical intervertebral discs were determined respectively by radioimmunoassay and catalytic activity assay. The results indicated that the PGE2 content and COX activity in the model rat increased significantly, and that Ge Gen Decoction could down-regulate the PGE2 content and inhibit COX activity. This is possibly one of the mechanisms of Ge Gen Decoction for treating cervical spondylosis.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, China.
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.forename: Suping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Hairu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Shuying
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Tingliang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000378:metabolism; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000378:metabolism*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D051545:Cyclooxygenase 1; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D015232:Dinoprostone