The role of Zataria multiflora essence (Iranian herb) on innate immunity of animal model

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 164-168

  Shokri, Hojjatollah ^a   Asadi, Farzad ^a   Bahonar, Ali Reza ^a   Khosravi, Ali Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Phagocytosis; TNF ; Zataria multiflora

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT;

ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 33847698913     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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