Immunomodulation mediated by a herbal syrup containing a standardized Echinacea root extract: A pilot study in healthy human subjects on cytokine gene expression

Phytomedicine

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1406-1410

  Dapas, B ^a   Dall'Acqua, S ^b   Bulla, R ^c   Agostinis, C ^c,d   Perissutti, B ^c   Invernizzi, S ^c   Grassi, G ^a   Voinovich, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Herbal syrup; Human gene expression; Immune stimulating activity

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFLORA EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; POLINACEA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ECHINACOSIDE; GLYCOSIDE; IL2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; IL8 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILOT STUDY; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYRUP; UPREGULATION; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHINACEA; MIDDLE AGED;

ECHINACEA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; ECHINACEA; FEMALE; GLYCOSIDES; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCYTES; PILOT PROJECTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84906939426     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: 1618095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2014.04.034     Document Type: Article

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