Yin Zi Huang, an injectable multicomponent Chinese herbal medicine, is a potent inhibitor of T-cell activation

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 519-526

  Chen, Xin ^a   Krakauer, Teresa ^b   Oppenheim, Joost J ^c   Howard, O M Zack ^c  

^a SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAICALEIN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; GARDENIA JASMINOIDES EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LUTEOLIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NAN BANG LAN GENG; QINGKAILING; SHEN MAI; SHUANG HUANGLIAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ENTEROTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID; XIAO CHAI HU TANG; YIN CHEN; YIN ZHI HUANG; YU XING CAO;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTEMISIA CAPILLARIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CHINESE HERB; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GARDENIA; GARDENIA JASMINOIDES; IC 50; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 3042776496     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1075553041323687     Document Type: Article

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