Effect of phytoncide from trees on human natural killer cell function

International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 951-959

  Li, Q ^a   Kobayashi, M ^a   Wakayama, Y ^a   Inagaki, H ^a   Katsumata, M ^a   Hirata, Y ^a   Hirata, K ^a   Shimizu, T ^a   Kawada, T ^a   Park, B J ^b   Ohira, T ^c   Kagawa, T ^c   Miyazaki, Y ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti cancer proteins; Granulysin; Granzyme; NK activity; Perforin; Phytoncide

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA PINENE; ESSENTIAL OIL; GRANULYSIN; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; NORADRENALIN; PERFORIN; PHYTONCIDE; PINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CHAMAECYPARIS; CHAMAECYPARIS OBTUSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMIDIFIER; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TREE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 76349083137     PISSN: 03946320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/039463200902200410     Document Type: Article

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