Immunomodulatory activity of Toxicodendron pubescens in experimental models

Homeopathy

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 154-159

  Patil, C R ^a   Salunkhe, P S ^a   Gaushal, M H ^b   Gadekar, A R ^a   Agrawal, A M ^a   Surana, S J ^a  

^a R C PATEL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Homeopathy; Humoral immunity; Immunomodulation; PMN cell function; Rhus tox; Toxicodendron pubescens

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; TOXICODENDRON PUBESCENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; TOXICODENDRON PUBESCENS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HOMEOPATHY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TOXICODENDRON;

EID: 67651148283     PISSN: 14754916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.homp.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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