Dose-dependent activation of immune function in mice by ingestion of Maharishi Amrit Kalash 4

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 126-131

  Inaba, Ryoichi ^a   Sugiura, Haruo ^a   Iwata, Hirotoshi ^a   Tanaka, Takuji ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic food supplement; Dose efect; Immune function; Macrophage; Splenocyte

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE INTAKE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030726409     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931978     Document Type: Article

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