Modifying effects of Maharishi Amrit Kalash 4 and 5 on phagocytic and digestive functions of macrophages in male ICR mice

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 50-54

  Sugiura, Haruo ^a,b   Inaba, Ryoichi ^b   Iwata, Hirotoshi ^b   Nishida, Hiroyuki ^a   Tanaka, Takuji ^b  

^a GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ayurvedic food supplement; Lysosomal enzyme; Macrophage; Mouse; Reticuloendothelial system

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; AYURVEDIC DRUG; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MAHARISHI AMRIT KALASH 4; MAHARISHI AMRIT KALASH 5; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031833774     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931239     Document Type: Article

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