Tsang Kwai Fan. / Thesis submitted in: December 2003. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-101). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstracts --- p.i / 摘要 --- p.iii / Acknowledgements --- p.v / Table of Abbreviations --- p.vi / Table of Contents --- p.vii / Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction of Curcumin / Chapter 1.1 --- What is curcumin? --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Chemistry of curcumin --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- History of using turmeric --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Curcumin in biological system --- p.4 / Chapter 1.5 --- Current researches on curcumin --- p.7 / Chapter 1.6 --- Curcumin Toxicity --- p.13 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Introduction of Muscle Regeneration / Chapter 2.1 --- Reasons for studying muscle regeneration --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2 --- Skeletal muscle: functions and structure --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- Muscle healing process --- p.17 / Chapter 2.4 --- Muscle formation --- p.31 / Chapter 2.5 --- Current trends in enhancing muscle regeneration --- p.37 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Methodology / Chapter 3.1 --- Animals --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2 --- Histology --- p.42 / Chapter 3.3 --- Measurement of cross-sectional area of muscles --- p.42 / Chapter 3.4 --- Two-dimensional electrophoresis --- p.43 / Chapter 3.5 --- Protein identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) --- p.47 / Chapter 3.6 --- Cell culture --- p.50 / Chapter 3.7 --- In vitro cell proliferation assay / Chapter 3.8 --- In vitro differentiation assay --- p.51 / Chapter 3.9 --- Transfection and Secreted Alkaline Phosphatase (SEAP) reporter assay --- p.52 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Results / Chapter 4.1 --- Effects of curcumin on muscle regeneration --- p.58 / Chapter 4.2 --- Two-dimensional electrophoresis --- p.59 / Chapter 4.3 --- Effect of curcumin on myogenic cell proliferation --- p.61 / Chapter 4.4 --- Effect of curcumin on myogenic cell differentiation --- p.61 / Chapter 4.5 --- Signal transduction --- p.63 / Chapter 4.6 --- Legends and table --- p.65 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- Discussion --- p.77 / Chapter Chapter Six: --- Conclusions --- p.84 / References --- p.85 / Appendices --- p.102
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324877 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Contributors | Tsang, Kwai Fan., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Anatomy. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, viii, 102 leaves, [10] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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