The potential use of Echinacea in acne: Control of Propionibacterium acnes growth and inflammation

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-521

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b A Vogel Bioforce AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

acne; antibacterial; antiinflammatory; cytokines; Echinacea; Propionibacterium acnes

Indexed keywords

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

ACNE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

ACNE VULGARIS; CELL LINE; CYTOKINES; ECHINACEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINACEA PURPUREA; POSIBACTERIA; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

EID: 79953216396     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3288     Document Type: Article

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