Peripheral blood mononuclear cell production of TNF-α in response to North American ginseng stimulation

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1030-1033

  Zhou, David L ^a   Kitts, David D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioactivity; North American ginseng extract; TNF

Indexed keywords

GINSENG EXTRACT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CASE REPORT; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE MONITORING; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GINSENG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036442991     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y02-116     Document Type: Article

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