Response of healthy individuals to Ninjin-Yoei-to extract - Enhancement of natural killer cell activity

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-95

  Kamei, Tsutomu ^a   Kumano, Hiroaki ^b   Beppu, Kunihide ^c   Iwata, Kentaro ^d   Masumura, Sumio ^e  

^a Shimane Institute of Health Science   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kotaro Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d Okinawa Chubu Hospital   (Japan)

^e SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE;

EID: 0031632992     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X98000129     Document Type: Article

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