Effect of phytoncides from forest environments on immune function

Forest Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 159-169

  Li, Qing ^a   Kobayashi, Maiko ^a   Inagaki, Hirofumi ^a   Wakayama, Yoko ^a   Katsumata, Masao ^a   Hirata, Yukiyo ^a   Li, Yingji ^a   Hirata, Kimiko ^a   Shimizu, Takako ^a   Nakadai, Ari ^a   Kawada, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti cancer proteins; Granulysin; Granzyme; Nk activity; Perforin; Phytoncides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895292854     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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