Effect of Echinacea purpurea (Asteraceae) aqueous extract on antibody response to Bothrops asper venom and immune cell response

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Chaves, Fernando ^a   Chacón, Mauricio ^a   Badilla, Beatriz ^a   Arévalo, Carolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Echinacea purpurea; Immunostimulatory properties; In vitro lymphoproliferation; Murine antivenom antibodies; Plant extract

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLANT EXTRACT; SNAKE VENOM;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHINACEA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; SNAKE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BOTHROPS; CROTALID VENOMS; ECHINACEA; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ASTERACEAE; BOTHROPS ASPER; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; MURINAE; MUS; PHYTOLACCACEAE;

EID: 44449141313     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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