Echinacea as an antiinflammatory agent: The influence of physiologically relevant parameters

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 863-867

  Sharma, M ^a   Schoop, R ^b   Hudson, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b A Vogel Bioforce AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antiinflammatory; Chemokines; Cytokines; Echinacea; IL 6 (interleukin 6); IL 8 (CXCL8)

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ECHINAFORCE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CELL LEVEL; COMMON COLD SYMPTOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; RHINOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ECHINACEA; EPITHELIUM CELL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICORNAVIRUS INFECTION; SECRETION; VIROLOGY;

RHINOVIRUS;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELL LINE; CULTURE MEDIA; ECHINACEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; PHYTOTHERAPY; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 67149117115     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2714     Document Type: Article

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