Double-blinded randomized controlled trial for immunomodulatory effects of Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum Linn.) leaf extract on healthy volunteers

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 452-456

  Mondal, Shankar ^a   Varma, Saurabh ^b   Bamola, Vishwa Deepak ^a   Naik, Satya Narayan ^c   Mirdha, Bijay Ranjan ^a   Padhi, Madan Mohan ^d   Mehta, Nalin ^a   Mahapatra, Sushil Chandra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^d Department of AYUSH   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Flowcytometry; Medicinal plant; NK cells; T helper cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT LEAF; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; OCIMUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; REFERENCE VALUES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; YOUNG ADULT;

OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM;

EID: 79960318829     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.05.012     Document Type: Article

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