Total bacterial load within Echinacea purpurea, determined using a new PCR-based quantification method, is correlated with LPS levels and in vitro macrophage activity

Planta Medica

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-14

  Pugh, Nirmal D ^a,b   Jackson, Colin R ^c   Pasco, David S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; bacteria; bacterial load; Echinacea purpurea; lipopolysaccharide; macrophage activation; PCR method

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHLOROPLAST DNA; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; HERB; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PLANT ROOT; PLATE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL LOAD; CELL LINE; ECHINACEA; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; NF-KAPPA B; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASTERACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

EID: 84872054652     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1328023     Document Type: Article

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