Effects of the Immunomodulatory Agent Cordyceps militaris on Airway Inflammation in a Mouse Asthma Model

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 171-178

  Hsu, Chia Hsiu ^a,c   Sun, Hai Lun ^a,b   Sheu, Ji Nan ^a,b   Ku, Min Sho ^a   Hu, Chun Ming ^a   Chan, You ^b   Lue, Ko Huang ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c St Martin De Porres Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

airway hyperresponsiveness; bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Cordyceps militaris; cysteinyl leukotrienes; eosinophils

Indexed keywords

CORDYCEPS MILITARIS EXTRACT; METHACHOLINE; MONTELUKAST; NATURAL PRODUCT; OVALBUMIN; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; PREDNISOLONE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS MILITARIS; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; RANDOMIZATION;

ACETATES; ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASTHMA; CORDYCEPS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PREDNISOLONE; QUINOLINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 59449092389     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(09)60004-8     Document Type: Article

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