A review on immunostimulatory plants

Journal of Chinese Integrative Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-128

  Kumar, Sunil ^a   Gupta, Priyanka ^a   Sharma, Shalini ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Immunologic; Medicinal; Plants; Review

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDIA MACROSPERMA EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA EXTRACT; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; BALIOSPERMUM MONTANUM EXTRACT; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; BOSWELLIA CARTERII EXTRACT; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA EXTRACT; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM EXTRACT; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT; ECLIPTA ALBA EXTRACT; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM EXTRACT; FICUS BENGHALENSIS EXTRACT; GENTAMICIN; GYMMEMA SYLVESTRE EXTRACT; HERACLEUM NEPALENSE EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JANIKA ARAYALPATHRA EXTRACT; METRONIDAZOLE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PICRORHIZA KURRUA EXTRACT; PIPER LONGUM EXTRACT; SALICARONIA HERBACEA EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ABSCESS; ACTINIDIA MACROSPERMA; ALOE VERA; ANDROGRAPHIS PANICULATA; ARTHRITIS; ASPARAGUS RACEMOSUS; ASTHMA; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; BALIOSPERMUM MONTANUM; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BOSWELLIA CARTERII; BREAST CANCER; BURN; CAESALPINIA BONDUCELLA; CAPPARIS ZEYLANICA; CHLOROPHYTUM BORIVILIANUM; CLERODENDRUM PHLOMIDIS; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; CURCUMA LONGA; DERMATITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DRUG ISOLATION; EMBLICA OFFICINALIS; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; FICUS BENGHALENSIS; FRUIT; GARLIC; GINSENG; GOUT; GYMMEMA SYLVESTRE; HERACLEUM NEPALENSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATION; JANIKA ARAYALPATHRA; JAUNDICE; LEPROSY; LEUKORRHEA; LIVER DISEASE; MANGO; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NYCTANTHES ARBORTRISTIS; OCIMUM SANCTUM; PEPTIC ULCER; PICRRHIZA KURRUA; PIPER LONGUM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; RANDIA DUMETORUM; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHIZOME; SALICARONIA HERBACEA; SKIN INFECTION; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; TRIDAX PROCUMBEN; ULCER; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; HUMANS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 79952212892     PISSN: 16721977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3736/jcim20110201     Document Type: Review

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