Influence of Echinacea purpurea intake during pregnancy on fetal growth and tissue angiogenic activity

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 35-39

  Barcz, Ewa ^a   Sommer, Ewa ^a   Nartowska, Jadwiga ^a   Bałan, Barbara J ^a   Chorostowska Wynimko, Joanna ^b   Skopińska Rózewska, Ewa ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Echinacea; Fetus; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ECHINAPUR; ESBERITOX; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNAL FORTE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; POLYSACCHARIDE; THALIDOMIDE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANCER INHIBITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; SARCOMA; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINACEA PURPUREA; MUS;

EID: 44949107313     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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