Bing de ling, a Chinese herbal formula, stimulates multifaceted immunologic responses in mice

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 515-520

  Niu, G ^a   Tan, J ^a,c   Turner, J G ^a   Brabham, J G ^a   Burdelya, L G ^a   Crucian, B E ^a,d   Wall Apelt, H ^b   Zhao, R J ^b   Yu, H ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Molecular and Cellular Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; ATRACTYLODES EXTRACT; BING DE LING; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HERBAL MEDICINE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOKINE ACTIVATED KILLER CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHUBARB; SPLEEN CELL; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; KILLER CELLS, LYMPHOKINE-ACTIVATED; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPLEEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; ATRACTYLODES; MOLVA MOLVA; RHEUM X CULTORUM;

EID: 0034472169     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10445490050128449     Document Type: Article

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