Immunoenhancing properties of Plantago major leaf extract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 617-622

  Gomez Flores, R ^a,b   Calderon, C L ^a   Scheibel, L W ^a   Tamez Guerra, P ^b   Rodriguez Padilla, C ^b   Tamez Guerra, R ^b   Weber, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cell activation; Immunopotentiation; Leaf extract; Macrophage; Plantago; T cell

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANTAGO MAJOR EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLANT LEAF; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO MAJOR;

EID: 0033665936     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1573(200012)14:8<617::aid-ptr674>3.0.co;2-n     Document Type: Article

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