Effect of citronellol and the Chinese medical herb complex on cellular immunity of cancer patients receiving chemotherapy/radiotherapy

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 785-790

  Zhuang, Shu Ru ^a,b   Chen, Su Lin ^a   Tsai, Jih Hsin ^c   Huang, Chi Chou ^b   Wu, Tzu Chin ^b   Liu, Wen Shan ^b   Tseng, Hsien Chun ^b   Lee, Hong Sen ^a   Huang, Min Chang ^d   Shane, Guang Tzuu ^d   Yang, Cheng Hua ^d   Shen, You Cheng ^a   Yan, Yeong Yu ^a   Wang, Chin Kun ^a,e  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Shian de Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d Medigreen Biotechnology Corp   (Taiwan)

^e NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angelicae sinensis; Cancer; Citronellol; Codonopsis pilosula; Ganoderma lucidum; Immunity

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CITRONELLOL; CODONOPSIS PILOSULA EXTRACT; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; TERPENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMISTRY; GERANIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEOPLASM; PHYTOTHERAPY;

CODONOPSIS PILOSULA; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GERANIUM LUCIDUM;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GERANIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOTERPENES; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 67149117112     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2623     Document Type: Article

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