title: Research progress on mechanism of action of Radix Astragalus in the treatment of heart failure.
abstract: This paper reviewed the retrieved literature published in the last 10 years, regarding the mechanism of Radix Astragalus in treating heart failure, in aspects of myocardial contraction improvement, cardiac muscle cell protection, neuro-endocrinal system regulation, relative cytokine regulation, and left ventricular remodeling inhibition, etc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Wuxi Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicien, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province 214001, China.
authors.forename: Qing-You
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ke-Ji
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Hui-Ru
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D027883:Astragalus Plant; D027885:Astragalus propinquus; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000639:trends*; D019610:Cytoprotection / Q000187:drug effects; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; C027492:Huang Qi