In vitro effects of echinacea and ginseng on natural killer and antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity in healthy subjects and chronic fatigue syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-235

  See, Darryl M ^a   Broumand, Nikki ^a   Sahl, Lisa ^a   Tilles, Jeremiah G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; chronic fatigue syndrome; echinacea; ginseng; natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBODY DEPENDENT CELLULAR CYTOTOXICITY; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN K 562; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GINSENG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBODY-DEPENDENT CELL CYTOTOXICITY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; KINETICS; MALE; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0031049539     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(96)00125-7     Document Type: Article

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