Quinic acid is a biologically active component of the Uncaria tomentosa extract C-Med 100®

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 219-229

  Åkesson, Christina ^a   Lindgren, Hanna ^a   Pero, Ronald W ^a   Leanderson, Tomas ^a   Ivars, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell survival; Inhibition; NF B; Proliferation; Uncaria tomentosa

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTIMITOTIC AGENT; C MED 100; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; QUINIC ACID; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CAT'S CLAW; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; LUCIFERASES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NF-KAPPA B; PLANT EXTRACTS; QUINIC ACID; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; UNCARIA;

EID: 10344259617     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.09.028     Document Type: Article

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