A proprietary extract from North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolium) enhances IL-2 and IFN-γ productions in murine spleen cells induced by Con-A

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 311-315

  Wang, Meiqi ^a   Guilbert, Larry J ^b   Li, Jie ^a   Wu, Yingqi ^a   Pang, Peter ^a   Basu, Tapan K ^b   Shan, Jacqueline J ^a  

^a CV Technologies Inc   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aqueous extract; FBS; Fetal bovine serum; Hanks balanced salt solution; HBSS; IFN ; IL 2; Interferon ; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 2; LAK; Lymphokine activated killer; Murine splenocytes; North American ginseng

Indexed keywords

COLD FX; CVT E 002; GAMMA INTERFERON; GINSENG EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 2; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CONCANAVALIN A; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPLEEN;

EID: 1542302647     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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