Isolation and immunomodulatory properties of a flavonoid, casticin from Vitex agnus-castus

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1516-1520

  Mesaik, M Ahmed ^a   Azizuddin, ^a   Murad, Shahnaz ^b   Khan, Khalid Mohammed ^a   Tareen, Rasool Bakhsh ^c   Ahmed, Aqeel ^a   Atta ur Rahman, ^a   Choudhary, Muhammad Iqbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Casticin; Flavonoid; Immunomodulatory properties; Monocyte oxidative burst inhibition; Verbenaceae; Vitex agnus castus

Indexed keywords

CASTICIN; FLAVONOID; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RESPIRATORY BURST; T LYMPHOCYTE; VITEX AGNUS CASTUS;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; FLAVONOIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEUTROPHILS; RESPIRATORY BURST; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VITEX;

VERBENACEAE; VITEX AGNUS-CASTUS;

EID: 70350461778     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2492     Document Type: Article

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