Garlic extracts stimulate proliferation of rat lymphocytes in vitro by increasing IL-2 and IL-4 production

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 163-181

  Čolić, Miodrag ^a   Savić, Mirjana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEFENCE   (Serbia)

^b DOO for Quality Management ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GARLIC EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; IONOPHORE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN CELL;

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034064358     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923970009016413     Document Type: Article

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