In vitro evaluation of antibacterial and immunomodulatory activities of Pelargonium reniforme, Pelargonium sidoides and the related herbal drug preparation EPs® 7630

Phytomedicine

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 18-26

  Kolodziej, Herbert ^a   Kiderlen, Albrecht F ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Cytokines; Gene expressions; Immunomodulation; Nitric oxides; Pelargonium sidoides

Indexed keywords

5,6,7 TRIMETHOXYCOUMARIN; 6,8 DIHYDROXY 5,7 DIMETHOXYCOUMARIN; AGLYCONE; ALPHA INTERFERON; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; CYTOKINE; EPS 7630; GALLIC ACID; GALLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME EXTRACT; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; SCOPOLETIN; STIBOGLUCONATE SODIUM; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UMCKALIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOASSAY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERONS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; MACROPHAGES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PELARGONIUM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

NEGIBACTERIA; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM RENIFORME; PELARGONIUM SIDOIDES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33846833861     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2006.11.020     Document Type: Review

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