In vitro immunomodulatory activity of flavonoid glycosides from Urtica dioica L.

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-37

  Akbay, Pinar ^a   Basaran, A Ahmet ^a   Undeger, Ulkü ^b   Basaran, Nursen ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Dept of Pharmaceutical Toxicology ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Isorhamnetin 3 O glucoside; Kaempherol 3 O rutinoside; NBT; Quercetin 3 O rutinoside; Random migration

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; ISORHAMNETIN; NICOTIFLORIN; RUTOSIDE; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMOTAXIS; CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTROPHIL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; URTICA DIOICA;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; URTICA DIOICA;

URTICA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 0037276434     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1068     Document Type: Article

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