Immunomodulatory effects of a standardized lycium barbarum fruit juice in chinese older healthy human subjects

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1159-1165

  Amagase, Harunobu ^a   Sun, Bixuang ^b   Nance, Dwight M ^c  

^a FreeLife International   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

General well being; Humans; Immunomodulation; Lycium barbarum; Polysaccharides; Safety

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GOCHI; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYCIUM BARBARUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SAFETY; FATIGUE; FECES; FEMALE; FRUIT JUICE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP; URINE; VISUAL ACUITY; WELLBEING;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYCIUM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SLEEP;

LYCIUM BARBARUM;

EID: 70350475276     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2008.0300     Document Type: Article

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