Complementary medicine: A review of immunomodulatory effects of Chinese herbal medicines

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1303-1312

  Borchers, Andrea T ^a   Hackman, Robert M ^a   Keen, Carl L ^a   Stern, Judith S ^a   Gershwin, M Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Chinese herbal medicine; Humans; Immunomodulation; Kampo medicine; Medicinal botanicals; Mice; Panax ginseng; Plant extracts

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; KANZO BUSHI TO; PLANT EXTRACT; RYO KAN KYOMI SIN GE NIN TO; SAIBOKU TO; SHI QUAN DA BU TANG; SHIGYAKU TO; SHO SEIRYU TO; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIAO CHAI HU TANG;

ALLERGY; ANEMIA; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ASTHMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPATITIS B; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KAKKONTO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; REN SHEN YANG RONG TANG; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANAX GINSENG; TRIPTERYGIUM; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII;

EID: 0030734501     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.6.1303     Document Type: Review

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