The potency of immunomodulatory herbs may be primarily dependent upon macrophage activation

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-79

  Groom, S N ^a,b   Johns, T ^a   Oldfield, P R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat's claw; Echinacea; Natural killer cells; Phagocytosis; Saw palmetto

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME B; INTERLEUKIN 12; SABAL EXTRACT; UNCARIA TOMENTOSA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAT'S CLAW; CELL LINE; ECHINACEA; GRANZYMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SERENOA;

MUS; SERENOA REPENS;

EID: 34248170129     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.233     Document Type: Article

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