Immunomodulatory activity of petroleum ether extract of flower heads of Sphaeranthus indicus linn

Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-37

  Bafna, A R ^a   Mishra, S H ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Haemagglutination; Immunomodulatory activity; Sphaeranthus indicus

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PETROLEUM ETHER; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FLOWER; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HERB; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPHAERANTHUS INDICUS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ASTERACEAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 34347396564     PISSN: 15228940     EISSN: 15229106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J157v07n01_03     Document Type: Article

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