Pycnogenol enhances immune and haemopoietic functions in senescence-accelerated mice

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1168-1172

  Liu, F J ^a,b   Zhang, Y X ^b   Lau, B H S ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Antiageing; Haemopoietic system; Immunodeficiency; Pycnogenol; Senescence accelerated mouse

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PROCYANIDIN; SCAVENGER;

AGING; AMNESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEARNING DISORDER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SENESCENCE; SENILITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGING; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEMATOPOIESIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICE;

EID: 0031783520     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050245     Document Type: Article

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