Cordycepin is an immunoregulatory active ingredient of cordyceps sinensis

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 967-980

  Zhou, Xiaoxia ^a,b   Luo, Liping ^a   Dressel, Waike ^a   Shadier, Gulibahaer ^a   Krumbiegel, Doreen ^a   Schmidtke, Peter ^a   Zepp, Fred ^a   Meyer, Claudius U ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cordycepin; Cordyceps sinensis; Cytokines; Immune Regulation

Indexed keywords

CORDYCEPIN; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORDYCEPS; CYTOKINES; DEOXYADENOSINES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTEIN BINDING; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 57349177792     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X08006387     Document Type: Article

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