Modulatory effects of several herbal extracts on avian peripheral blood cell immune responses

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 352-358

  Dorhoi, A ^a   Dobrean, V ^a   Zahan M ^b   Virag, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^b Department of Biotechnology   (Romania)

^c THE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE PROF DR ION CHIRICUTA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Allium; Cell immunity; Glycyrrhiza; Hippophae; Plantago; Poultry

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GARLIC EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANTAGO MAJOR EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; ERYTHROPHAGOCYTOSIS; FOWL; GARLIC; GLYCYRRHIZA; HEN; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MITOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANTAGO; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GARLIC; GLYCYRRHIZA; HIPPOPHAE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTAGO; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SHEEP;

ALLIUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ANIMALIA; AVES; GLYCYRRHIZA; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA; HIPPOPHAE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; MAMMALIA; MUSA X PARADISIACA; OVIS ARIES; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO MAJOR; RHAMNACEAE;

EID: 33646476759     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1859     Document Type: Article

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