The effects of Alcea rosea L., Malva sylvestris L. and Salvia libanotica L. water extracts on the production of anti-egg albumin antibodies, interleukin-4, gamma interferon and interleukin-12 in BALB/c mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1599-1604

  El Ghaoui, Walid Bou Jaber ^a   Ghanem, Elsa Bou ^a   Chedid, Lara Abou ^a   Abdelnoor, Alexander M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Alcea rosea; Immunomodulation; Malva sylvestris; Plant extract; Salvia libanotica

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN ANTIBODY; ALCEA ROSEA EXTRACT; CARBOHYDRATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; MALVA SYLVESTRIS EXTRACT; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RNA; SALVIA LIBANOTICA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCEA ROSEA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; RNA EXTRACTION; SALVIA LIBANOTICA; SERUM; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALVA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SALVIA; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ALCEA ROSEA; MALVA SYLVESTRIS; MUS; SALVIA LIBANOTICA;

EID: 57549105891     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2530     Document Type: Article

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