Immunosuppressive principles from achillea talagonica, an endemic species of Iran

Daru

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Saeidnia, S ^a   Yassa, N ^b   Rezaeipoor, R ^c   Shafiee, A ^d   Gohari, A R ^a   Kamalinejad, M ^c   Goodarzy, S ^b  

^a Medicinal Plants Research Center   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Achillea talagonica; Asteraceae; Caffeoyl glycoside; Choline; Immunosuppressive; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

3 METHOXYLUTEOLIN; CAFFEIC ACID 9 O GLUCOSIDE; CHOLINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LUTEOLIN; METHANOL; PREDNISOLONE; PROLINE; QUERCETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACHILLEA TALAGONICA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IRAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 62649123287     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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