Effects of Echinacea extracts on macrophage antiviral activities

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 810-816

  Senchina, David S ^a   Martin, Aisha E ^c   Buss, Janice E ^d   Kohut, Marian L ^b  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral; Coneflower; Echinacea; Herpes simplex virus; Interferon; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BETA INTERFERON; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PALLIDA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ECHINACEA TENNESSEENSIS EXTRACT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIVIRAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ISOLATION; ECHINACEA; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA; ECHINACEA PALLIDA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; ECHINACEA TENNESSEENSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; VIRUS IMMUNITY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ECHINACEA; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; INTERFERON-BETA; MACROPHAGES; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PLANT EXTRACTS; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; ECHINACEA PALLIDA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; ECHINACEA TENNESSEENSIS; HERPES; MURINAE; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 77953259767     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2991     Document Type: Article

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