The efficacy of Echinacea in a 3-D tissue model of human airway epithelium

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 900-904

  Sharma, M ^a   Schoop, R ^b   Hudson, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b A Vogel Bioforce AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3 D airway tissue; Anti inflammatory; Asteraceae; Cytokines; Echinacea; Influenza virus; Organotypic; Rhinovirus

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ECHINAFORCE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MUCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; RHINOVIRUS; RHINOVIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ECHINACEA; EPITHELIUM; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; MUCINS; PICORNAVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHINOVIRUS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ASTERACEAE; ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA PURPUREA; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; RHINOVIRUS;

EID: 77953273393     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3051     Document Type: Article

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