The in vivo effects of cytokines modulation for BALB/C mice fed with a traditional combined chinese herb-soaked solution, Yi-Fey Ruenn-Hou Tea

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 435-444

  Lin, Shyh Jye ^a   Tsai, Ju Hsin ^a   Tsai, Chung Hung ^a   Lin, Yi Chen ^a   Hsu, Hui Ting ^a   Xu, Fang Ling ^a,b   Yang, Chi Chiang ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

American ginseng; Cytokines; Green tea; Licorice root; Radix paeoniae alba

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GINSENG EXTRACT; GREEN TEA EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIX PAEONIAE ALBA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YI FEY RUENN HOU;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; CAMELLIA SINENSIS; CYTOKINES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GLYCYRRHIZA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PAEONIA; PANAX; TEA; TH1 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; GLYCYRRHIZA; LIGUSTICUM; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 5044231042     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/IPH-200026897     Document Type: Article

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