Stimulatory effect of Eucalyptus essential oil on innate cell-mediated immune response

BMC Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Serafino, Annalucia ^a   Vallebona, Paola ^b   Andreola, Federica ^a   Zonfrillo, Manuela ^a   Mercuri, Luana ^a   Federici, Memmo ^c   Rasi, Guido ^a   Garaci, Enrico ^b   Pierimarchi, Pasquale ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; FLUOROURACIL; EUCALYPTUS TERPENE OIL; MYELOABLATIVE AGENT; NOCODAZOLE; TERPENE; TUBULIN MODULATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS; EVENING DOSAGE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERNALIZATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CYTOKINES; EUCALYPTUS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MONOTERPENES; MYELOABLATIVE AGONISTS; NOCODAZOLE; OILS, VOLATILE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 43449090705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-9-17     Document Type: Article

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