Extract of Pelargonium sidoides (EPs® 7630) inhibits the interactions of group A-streptococci and host epithelia in vitro

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 52-59

  Conrad, Andreas ^a   Jung, Irina ^a   Tioua, Diane ^a   Lallemand, Caroline ^a   Carrapatoso, Felipe ^a   Engels, Inge ^a   Daschner, Franz D ^a   Frank, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; EPs 7630; Group A streptococci (GAS); Invasion; Pelargonium sidoides; Upper respiratory tract infections (URTI)

Indexed keywords

CALCEIN; CALCEIN ACETOXYMETHYL ESTER; EPS 7630; GENTAMICIN; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PENICILLIN G; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEP 2 CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SUPERINFECTION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PELARGONIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP A';

EID: 33846821970     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.11.018     Document Type: Article

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