Aqueous extracts of Crinum latifolium (L.) and Camellia sinensis show immunomodulatory properties in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2143-2150

  Zvetkova, E ^a   Wirleitner, B ^b   Tram, N T ^a   Schennach, H ^c   Fuchs, D ^b  

^a Institute of Experimental Morphology and Anthropology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Concanavalin A; Interferon ; PBMC; Phytohemagglutinin; Pteridines

Indexed keywords

CAMELLIA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CONCANAVALIN A; CRINUM LATIFORM EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MITOGENIC AGENT; NEOPTERIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL CULTURE; CELL SECRETION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRINUM LATIFOLIUM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEA;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MITOGENS; NEOPTERIN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SOLVENTS; TEA; WATER;

EID: 0034780010     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(01)00140-0     Document Type: Article

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