Double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, pilot clinical trial of ImmunoGuard® - A standardized fixed combination of Andrographis paniculata Nees, with Eleutherococcus senticosus Maxim, Schizandra chinensis Bail. and Glycyrrhiza glabra L. extracts in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever

Phytomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 271-285

  Amaryan, G ^a   Astvatsatryan, V ^a   Gabrielyan, E ^b   Panossian, A ^b,e   Panosyan, V ^c   Wikman, G ^d  

^a YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Armenia)

^b ExLab CQSC   (Armenia)

^c SAV Virex Co Ltd   (Cyprus)

^d Swedish Herbal Institute   (Sweden)

^e Armenian Ministry of Health   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Andrographis paniculata fixed combination; Familial Mediterranean Fever; ImmunoGuard ; Placebo controlled parallel group clinical trials

Indexed keywords

ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHOLIDE; COLCHICINE; ELEUTEROSIDE E; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; IMMUNOGUARD; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SCHISANDRIN; SCHIZANDRA CHINENSIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOREGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANDROGRAPHIS; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; SCHIZANDRA CHINENSIS;

EID: 0038249043     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/094471103322004767     Document Type: Article

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