Phenetic comparison of seven Echinacea species based on immunomodulatory characteristics

Economic Botany

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 205-211

  Senchina, David S ^a   Flagel, Lex E ^a   Wendel, Jonathan F ^a   Kohut, Marian L ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison; Cytokine; Echinacea; PBMC; Phenetic; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ECHINACEA PALLIDA; ECHINACEA PARADOXA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; ECHINACEA SANGUINEA; ECHINACEA SIMULATA; ECHINACEA TENNESSEENSIS;

EID: 33750590767     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2006)60[205:PCOSES]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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