A placebo controlled double blind study with an ayurvedic drug PulmoFlex in bronchial asthma

Phytomedica

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages 113-120

  Gabrielian, E S ^a   Narimanian, M Z ^b   Aslanian, G ^a   Amroyan, E A ^a   Panossian, A G ^a  

^a Guelbenkian Research Laboratory   (Armenia)

^b Department of Respiratory Diseases   (Armenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHATODA VASICA EXTRACT; ALBEZIA LEBBECK EXTRACT; ALPINIA GALANGA EXTRACT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; GINGER EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; LEUKOTRIENE C4; LEUKOTRIENE D4; LEUKOTRIENE E4; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PIPER LONGUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; PULMOFLEX; SAUSSUREA LAPPA EXTRACT; SIDA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADHATODA; ADULT; ALBEZIA; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALPINIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASIL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GINGER; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEUTROPHIL; PIPERACEAE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAUSSUREA; SIDA; SIDE EFFECT; SOLANUM; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 13944259081     PISSN: 09723293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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