A review of immunomodulators in the Indian traditional health care system

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-184

  Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Arya, Vikrant ^b   Kaur, Ranjeet ^c   Bhat, Zulfiqar Ali ^a   Gupta, Vivek Kumar ^b   Kumar, Vijender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHMIR   (India)

^b Amar Shaheed Baba Ajit Singh Jujhar Singh Memorial College of Pharmacy   (India)

^c SHOOLINI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cellular immunity; Humoral; Immunomodulators; Plant extracts; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BOSWELLIC ACID; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; CAROTENOID; COUMARIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ESCULETIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; GINSENOSIDE; GLYCOSIDE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; SAPOGENIN; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE; TOCOPHEROL; VACCINE;

ANTIARRHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AYURVEDA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; LIVER PROTECTION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; REVIEW; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INDIA; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 84861232304     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2011.09.030     Document Type: Review

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