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KMID : 1161420180210030261
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Journal of Medicinal Food
2018 Volume.21 No. 3 p.261 ~ p.268
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Echinacea purpurea Protects Against Restraint Stress-Induced Immunosuppression in BALB/c Mice
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Park Seon-Young
Lee Mak-Soon
Jung Sun-Yoon
Lee Seo-Hyun
Kwon O-Ran
Kreuter Matthias Heinrich
Perrinjaquet-Moccetti Tania
Min Bok-Kee
Yun Seong-Ho
Kim Yang-Ha
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Abstract
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Echinacea purpurea has been widely used for the prevention and treatment of upper respiratory tract infections and the common cold. The restraint stress has been reported to suppress a broad spectrum of immune functions. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effects of the pressed juice of E. purpurea (L.) Moench (EFLA®894; Echinacea) against restraint stress-induced immunosuppression in BALB/c mice. Echinacea significantly normalized the restraint stress-induced reduction in splenocyte proliferation and splenic natural killer (NK) cell activity (P?
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KEYWORD
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cytokines, Echinacea purpurea, immune, NK cell, restraint stress, T lymphocyte
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