Immunological evidence supporting the use of extracts from Boehmeria jamaicensis Urb for treating the common cold and sinus infections

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 487-490

  Williams, Lawrence A D ^a   Igietseme, J U ^b   Whittaker, J A ^c,d   Smikle, M F ^e   Bailey Shaw, Y A ^a   Barton, E N ^e  

^a The Natural Products Unit of the Scientific Research Council of Jamaica   (Jamaica)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Mathematics   (United States)

^d Richard N Dixon Science Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOEHMERIA JAMAICENSIS EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOEHMERIA JAMAICENSIS; COMMON COLD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; RAMIE; SINUSITIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BOEHMERIA; COMMON COLD; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; PHYTOTHERAPY; SINUSITIS;

EID: 42349109322     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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