Immunomodulatory activities of Cedrela lilloi and Trichilia elegans aqueous leaf extracts

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 99-106

  Nores, Mariana Mabel ^a   Courrèges, María Cecilia ^a   Benencia, Fabián ^a   Coulombié, Félix Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cedrela lilloi; Immune system; Immunomodulation; Leaf extracts; Mouse; Trichilia elegans

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; ZYMOSAN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT LEAF; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CELL SEPARATION; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; SHEEP; T-LYMPHOCYTES; ZYMOSAN;

EID: 0343196705     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(96)01480-8     Document Type: Article

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