The effect of Rhodiola quadrifida extracts on cellular immunity in mice and rats

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-111

  Skopinska Rozewska E ^a   Wojcik R ^b   Siwicki, A K ^b   Sommer, E ^a   Wasiutynski A ^a   Furmanowa, M ^a   Malinowski, M ^a   Mazurkiewicz, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Mice; Rats; Rhodiola quadrifida

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOTOXICITY; DBA MOUSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; LEWIS RAT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT ROOT; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; RESPIRATORY BURST; RHODIOLA;

ANIMALS; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; GRAFT VS HOST REACTION; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED DBA; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RESPIRATORY BURST; RHODIOLA;

MUS; RATTUS; RHODIOLA;

EID: 46049112716     PISSN: 15051773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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