Immunomodulatory effects of saffron: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1801-1805

  Kianbakht, S ^a   Ghazavi, A ^b  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

humoral; immune system; innate; saffron; volunteer

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATININE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PLACEBO; SAFFRON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BASOPHIL COUNT; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROCUS SATIVUS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FLOWER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE COUNT; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

BASOPHILS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; CROCUS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTES; PHYTOTHERAPY; TABLETS; YOUNG ADULT;

CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 82155184517     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3484     Document Type: Article

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