Preliminary immunomodulatory activities of methanol extracts of Eclipta alba and Centella asiatica

Phytomedicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 361-365

  Jayathirtha, M G ^a   Mishra, S H ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Antibody titer; C. asiatica; Carbon clearance test; E. alba

Indexed keywords

ASIATICOSIDE; CARBON; CENTELLA ASIATICA EXTRACT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ECLIPTA ALBA EXTRACT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; WEDELOLACTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARBON CLEARANCE TEST; CARBON METABOLISM; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ISOLATION; ECLIPTA ALBA; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANIMALIA; CENTELLA; CENTELLA ASIATICA; ECLIPTA ALBA; ECLIPTA PROSTRATA;

EID: 2442717397     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944711041495236     Document Type: Article

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