Oral Administration of Freshly Expressed Juice of Echinacea Purpurea Herbs Fail to Stimulate the Nonspecific Immune Response in Healthy Young Men: Results of a Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Study

Journal of Immunotherapy

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 413-420

  Schwarz, Eveline ^a   Metzler, Joerg ^a   Diedrich, Jens P ^a   Freudenstein, Johannes ^a   Bode, Christiane ^a   Bode, J Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echinacea; Immune stimulation; Interleukin 1 ; Phagocytosis; Phytomedicine; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; FERRITIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ECHINACEA; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MONOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036734842     PISSN: 15249557     EISSN: 15374513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002371-200209000-00005     Document Type: Article

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