Potential ex vivo immunomodulatory effects of San-Huang-Xie-Xin-Tang and its component herbs on mice and humans

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-298

  Li, Chia Yang ^a   Hou, Yu Chi ^b   Lee Chao, Pei Dawn ^b   Shia, Chi Sheng ^b   Hsu, Ian C ^a   Fang, Shih Hua ^c  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SPORT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coptis chinesis; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Peritoneal macrophage; Rheum officinale; San Huang Xie Xin Tang; Scutellaria baicalensis; Spleen cells

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; COPTIS CHINESIS EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 4; PLANT EXTRACT; RHEUM OFFICINALE EXTRACT; SAN HUANG XIE XIN TANG; SCUTELLARIA BAICALEN EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPTIS CHINESIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; ENZYME INHIBITION; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RAT; SCUTELLARIA BAICALEN; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPLEEN;

COPTIS; MURINAE; MUS; RATTUS; RHEUM OFFICINALE; SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS; SCUTELLARIA RADIX;

EID: 73749087913     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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