Propolis and the immune system: a review

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Sforcin, J M ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antitumor property; Immune system; Propolis

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CAFFEIC ACID; CAFFEIC ACID PHENETHYL ESTER; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PROPOLIS; QUERCETIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; BOTANY; BREAST CARCINOMA; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; NEOPLASMS; PROPOLIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 34447581120     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2007.05.012     Document Type: Review

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