Cordyceps sinensis as an immunomodulatory agent

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-125

  Kuo, Yuh Chi ^a   Tsai, Wei Jern ^a   Shiao, Ming Shi ^a   Chen, Chieh Fu ^a   Lin, Ching Yuang ^a  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INTERLEUKIN 2; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; LD 50; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; TAIWAN;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LETHAL DOSE 50; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PLANT EXTRACTS; TAIWAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030341524     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X96000165     Document Type: Article

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