Antitumor and immunostimulating effects of Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata

Phytomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 366-370

  Tseng, C C ^a   Shang, H F ^a   Wang, L F ^a   Su, B ^a   Hsu, C C ^a   Kao, H Y ^a   Cheng, K T ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Anoectochilus formosanus; In vivo antitumoral and immunostimulating activity

Indexed keywords

ANOECTOCHILUS FORMOSANUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOECTOCHILUS FORMOSANUS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER THERAPY; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; ORCHIDACEAE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; ANOECTOCHILUS FORMOSANUS; MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33646088613     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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