Effects of Chinese herbs on macrophage functions in N-butyl-N-butanolnitrosoamine treated mice

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-114

  Jin, R ^a   Kurashige, S ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogen (N butyl N butanolnitrosoamine); Chinese herbs; Cytokine production; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALI RADIX EXTRACT; CARCINOGEN; CNIDII RHIZOMA EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; LITHOSPERMI RADIX EXTRACT; N BUTYL N (4 HYDROXYBUTYL)NITROSAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CHEMOTAXIS; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029921351     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923979609007113     Document Type: Article

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