In vitro immunomodulatory effects of extracts from three plants of the Labiatae family and isolation of the active compound(s)

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 265-273

  Amirghofran, Zahra ^a   Hashemzadeh, Reihaneh ^b   Javidnia, Katayoun ^b   Golmoghaddam, Hossein ^a   Esmaeilbeig, Ahmadreza ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Thymol; Thymus daenensis; Thymus vulgaris; Zataria multiflora

Indexed keywords

HEXANE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MITOGENIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; THYMOL; THYMUS DAENENSIS EXTRACT; THYMUS VULGARIS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYME; THYMUS DAENENSIS; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

ADULT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FORMAZANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; JURKAT CELLS; LAMIACEAE; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THYMOL; THYMUS PLANT;

LAMIACEAE; THYMUS (THYME); THYMUS VULGARIS; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

EID: 80455130952     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1547691X.2011.590828     Document Type: Article

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