Anticellular and immunosuppressive properties of ethanolic extract of Acorus calamus rhizome

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-61

  Mehrotra, S ^a   Mishra, K P ^a   Maurya, R ^b   Srimal, R C ^c   Yadav, V S ^a   Pandey, R ^a   Singh, V K ^a,d  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH   (India)

^d ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorus calamus; Cell surface markers; IL 2; Intracellular IFN ; Lymphocyte proliferation; NO; PHA; TNF

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; ANTIGEN; CD16 ANTIGEN; CELL SURFACE MARKER; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; MITOGENIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOME;

ACORUS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHIZOME; TUBERCULIN;

EID: 0037242086     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(02)00212-6     Document Type: Article

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