Human gene expression as a tool to determine horticultural maturity in a bioactive plant (Echinacea purpurea L. Moench)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8156-8161

  Brovelli, Ernesto Antonio ^a   Rua, Diego ^b   Roh Schmidt, Haeri ^b   Chandra, Amitabh ^b   Lamont, Erin ^c   Noratto, Giuliana Doris ^d  

^a Nutrilite   (United States)

^b Access Business Group LLC   (United States)

^c Medicinal Plant and Ethnopharmacology Laboratory   (Canada)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Botanical marker; Cichoric acid; Echinacea; Gene expression; Harvest maturity; Immune modulating effects; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CICHORIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; SUCCINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHINACEA; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAFFEIC ACIDS; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ECHINACEA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACROPHAGES; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SUCCINATES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

EID: 27644531452     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0505372     Document Type: Article

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