Dose-dependent activation of immune function in mice by ingestion of Maharishi Amrit Kalash 5

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-39

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

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030950754     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931227     Document Type: Article

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