Evaluation of the stimulatory effect of Epimedium alpinum L. methanolic extract on the immune response in vivo

Pharmazie

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 705-708

  Colic M ^a   Došlov Kokoruš, Zvezdana ^b,d   Backovic A ^a   Stojanovic D ^a,c   Antic Stankovic J ^a,c   Kovacevic N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b MMA   (Serbia)

^c Faculty of Pharmacy   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; CD71 ANTIGEN; EPIMEDIUM ALPINUM EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; KEYHOLE LIMPET HEMOCYANIN; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY R73; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIMEDIUM ALPINUM; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIMEDIUM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEMOCYANIN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTES; METHANOL; PHENOTYPE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; SOLVENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 34848883389     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2007.9.6795     Document Type: Article

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