Antiviral and immunomodulatory effect of a lyophilized extract of capparis spinosa l. buds

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-317

  Arena, A ^a   Bisignano, G ^a   Pavone, B ^a   Tomaino, A ^a   Bonina, F P ^b   Saija, A ^a   Cristani, M ^a   D'Arrigo, M ^a   Trombetta, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Capper spinosa buds; Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV 1); Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV 2); Immunomodulatory; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)

Indexed keywords

CAPPARIS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; KAEMPFEROL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; KINETICS; MEDICINAL PLANT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; UPREGULATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CAPPARIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FLOWERS; FREEZE DRYING; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; METHANOL; UP-REGULATION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CAPPARIS SPINOSA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

EID: 40849092663     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2313     Document Type: Article

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