C-Med 100®, a hot water extract of Uncaria tomentosa, prolongs lymphocyte survival in vivo

Phytomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-33

  Akesson Ch ^a   Pero, R W ^a   Ivars, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cat's claw; Cell number; Expansion; Lymphocyte turnover

Indexed keywords

C MED 100; DRINKING WATER; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BARK; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICA; SPLEEN CELL; STEM CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

EID: 0037282828     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/094471103321648629     Document Type: Article

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