Immunomodulatory activity of aqueous extract of Heracleum persicum Desf. in mice

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 287-292

  Sharififar, Fariba ^a   Pournourmohammadi, Shirin ^a   Arabnejad, Moslem ^a   Rastegarianzadeh, Ramin ^a   Ranjbaran, Omid ^a   Purhemmaty, Amin ^b  

^a KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Delayed type hypersensitivity; Haemagglutination titre; Heracleum persicum; Immunomodulation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

HERACLEUM PERSICUM EXTRACT; LIVER ENZYME; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HERACLEUM; HERACLEUM PERSICUM; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IRAN; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LIVER WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SPLEEN WEIGHT;

EID: 76249090539     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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