New promising Euphorbiaceae extracts with activity in human lymphocytes from primary cell cultures

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 279-290

  Llanes Coronel, Doris S ^a   Gámez Díaz, Laura Y ^a   Suarez Quintero, Leidy P ^a   Páez, Lady J ^a   Torres, Fernando ^a   Echeverri, Fernando ^a   Ponte Sucre, Alicia ^b   Patiño, Pablo J ^a   Trujillo Vargas, Claudia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

apoptosis; cytotoxicity; immunomodulation; lymphoproliferation; Natural Products

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYL MANNOSIDE; CARYODENDRON ORINOCENSE EXTRACT; CODIAEUM VARIEGATUM EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA COTINIFOLIA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA EXTRACT; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI EXTRACT; GALACTOSE; HURA CREPITANS EXTRACT; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARYODENDRON ORINOCENSE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CODIAEUM VARIEGATUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA COTINIFOLIA; EUPHORBIA PULCHERRIMA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HURA CREPITANS; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CELLS, CULTURED; EUPHORBIACEAE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA COTINIFOLIA; EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 79955817209     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.502173     Document Type: Article

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