Effects of the Japanese herbal medicine 'Sho-sako-to' as a cytokine inducer

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 301-306

  Yamashiki, Masayoshi ^a   Nishimura, Akira ^b   Sakaguchi, Seigo ^c   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^d   Kosaka, Yoshitane ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SUZUKA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokine inducer; Granulocyte colony stimulating factor; Herbal medicine; Interleukin 1 ; Sho saiko to; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PACLITAXEL; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; XIAO CHAI HU TANG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; JAPAN; MONOCYTE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030596055     PISSN: 13826689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1382-6689(96)00061-0     Document Type: Article

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