Neoplasm prevention and immuno-enhancement mediated by daily consumption of a proprietary extract from North American ginseng by elderly mice of a cancer-prone strain

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1339-1344

  Durairaj, Punithavathi ^a   Miller, Sandra C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer; elderly; ginseng; immunity; mice

Indexed keywords

COLD FX; CVT E 002; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; IMMUNOENHANCEMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; MUS; PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

CANCER; ELDERLY; GINSENG; IMMUNITY; MICE;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; DIET; FEMALE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; NEOPLASMS; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPLEEN;

EID: 84883739777     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.4880     Document Type: Article

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