The effect of aerial parts of Echinacea on the circulating white cell levels and selected immune functions of the aging male Sprague-Dawley rat

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1041-1048

  Cundell, Diana R ^a   Matrone, Michael A ^a   Ratajczak, Paulina ^a   Pierce Jr , John D ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Echinacea; IL 2; Rat; White blood cells

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 2; WATER;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINACEA; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TAIL; VENOUS BLOOD;

ECHINACEA;

EID: 0038519376     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(03)00114-0     Document Type: Article

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