Aqueous and hydro-alcoholic extracts of Echinacea purpurea (L) Moench as traditional herbal remedies with immunotropic activity

Central-European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-82

  Skopińska Rózewska, Ewa ^a,c   Strzelecka, Halina ^a   Wasiutyński, Aleksander ^a   Bałan, Barbara J ^a   Nartowska, Jadwiga ^a   Mazurkiewicz, Michał ^a   Sommer, Ewa ^a   Bany, Janusz ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aqueous extracts; Echinacea purpurea; Hydro alcoholic extracts; Immunotropic activity

Indexed keywords

CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFTARIC ACID; CICHORIC ACID; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ECHINACIN; ECHINAFORCE; ECHINAPUR; ECHINERBA;

COMMON COLD; DRUG ACTIVITY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SKIN INFLAMMATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 44449102122     PISSN: 14263912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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