Effect of Allium cepa and Allium sativum on some immunological cells in rats

African Journal of Traditional, Complementary and Alternative Medicines

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 374-379

  Mirabeau, Tatfeng Y ^a   Samson, Enitan S ^b  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b IGBINEDION UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Allium cepa and Allium sativum; Immunological cells; Rats

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GARLIC EXTRACT; ONION EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RAT; ANIMAL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG EFFECTS; GARLIC; IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; ONION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WISTAR RAT; ALLIUM CEPA AND ALLIUM SATIVUM; IMMUNOLOGICAL CELLS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GARLIC; IMMUNITY; MALE; ONIONS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ALLIUM CEPA AND ALLIUM SATIVUM; IMMUNOLOGICAL CELLS; RATS;

EID: 84888392356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01896016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajtcam.v9i3.11     Document Type: Article

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