Effects of Oral Administration of Echinacea purpurea (American Herb) on Incidence of Spontaneous Leukemia caused by Recombinant Leukemia Viruses in AKR/J Mice

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-20

  Hayashi, Ikuo ^a   Ohotsuki, Makoto ^a   Suzuki, Ikukatsu ^a   Watanabe, Takashi ^b  

^a SUZUKA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b Mie Karyo Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

AKR J mice; Echinacea purpurea (American herb); Oral administration; Recombinant murine leukemia virus; Spontaneous leukemia

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT;

AKR MOUSE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHINACEA; EXPERIMENTAL LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

ANIMALS; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE; LEUKEMIA, EXPERIMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 0035256898     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.24.10     Document Type: Article

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