Immunomodulatory activity of the Ayurvedic formulation "ashwagandha churna"

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-265

  Suresh Gupta, M ^a   Shivaprasad, H N ^a   Kharya, M D ^b   Rana, A C ^b  

^a PES COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

^b DR H S GOUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ashwagandha churna; Delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH); Neutrophil adhesion

Indexed keywords

ASHWAGANDHA CHURNA; HERBACEOUS AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SHEEP; SWELLING;

OVIS ARIES; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 33745118323     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200600713949     Document Type: Article

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