Endocrine Abstracts

Cuscuta japonica chois (CJC) has been used traditionally to treat sexual disorder and skin problem such as pimples, freckles and melasma in Korea. The present study aimed to investigate the alleviating effect of CJC extract on surgical injury-induced ischemia in the hind-limb of mice. In this study, Female C57BL/6 mice were ovariectomized and excised the vessels of hind-limb after ligated by surgical silk (6-0). The mice were administered with CJC (150 or 450 mg/kg per day) fo...