title: Immunomodulating activity of Echinacea gloriosa L., Echinacea angustifolia DC. and Rudbeckia speciosa Wenderoth ethanol-water extracts.
abstract: The effect of the ethanol-water extracts of Echinacea gloriosa L., Echinacea angustifolia DC. and Rudbeckia speciosa Wenderoth on immunological system of inbred mice was investigated. The extract of the root of Rudbeckia speciosa had the highest immunostimulatory activity.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Komensky University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bukovský
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vaverková
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kost'álová
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D010936:Plant Extracts