The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 627-633 , July 2010

Ferulic acid augments angiogenesis via VEGF, PDGF and HIF-1α

  • Chiu-Mei Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jen-Hwey Chiu

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Traditional Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Research Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • I-Hsing Wu

      Affiliations

    • Central Laboratory, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Bao-Wei Wang

      Affiliations

    • Central Laboratory, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chun-Ming Pan

      Affiliations

    • Central Laboratory, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yen-Hsu Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Graduate Institute of Medicine, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Tropical Medicine Research Center, School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 3121101x5677; fax: +886 7 3328547.

Received 23 November 2008 ,Revised 6 April 2009 ,Accepted 9 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.04.001

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 627-633 , July 2010

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