Developments on drug discovery and on new therapeutics: Highly diluted tinctures act as biological response modifiers

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  de Oliveira, Carolina C ^a   Abud, Ana P R ^a   de Oliveira, Simone M ^a   de SF Guimarães, Fernando ^a   de Andrade, Lucas F ^a   Di Bernardi, Raffaello P ^a   de O Coletto, Ediely L ^a   Kuczera, Diogo ^a   Da Lozzo, Eneida J ^a   Gonçalves, Jenifer P ^a   da S Trindade, Edvaldo ^a   de F Buchi, Dorly ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone marrow cells; Drug discovery; Highly diluted tinctures; Immune cells; Lymph node cells; Macrophages

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER; CEDAR LEAF OIL; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IPECAC; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NEW DRUG; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT EXTRACT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFUR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ACONITUM; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASA FOETIDA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BONE MARROW CELL; CALCAREA CARBONICA; CELL STRAIN K 562; CELL VIABILITY; CHELIDONIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CINNAMON; CONIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DILUTION; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG RESEARCH; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; GELSEMIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPH NODE CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POISON IVY; TINCTURE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG THERAPY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOTHERAPY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG DISCOVERY; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; DRUG THERAPY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; NF-KAPPA B; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 81555216184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-101     Document Type: Article

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