Immunomodulatory activities of Trichilia glabra leaf aqueous extracts

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Benencia, Fabián ^a   Coulombié, Félix C ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antiinflamatory; Aqueous extracts; Immunomodulator; Trichilia glabra

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT LEAF; RESPIRATORY BURST;

TRICHILIA GLABRA;

EID: 0031944620     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199805)12:3<167::AID-PTR213>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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