title: Effects of drugs of plant origin on the development of the immune response.
abstract: The effects of extracts from licorice (Glycyrrhisa glabra), great nettle (Urtica dioica), common burdock (Arctium lappa), and bur marigold (Bidens tripartite) on the humoral and cellular immune response and nonspecific resistance in mice were studied. Burdock and bur marigold extracts stimulated the humoral immune response, nettle and licorice extracts stimulated cellular response and nonspecific resistance, their effects being superior to those of pharmacopoeial Echinacea purpurea tincture.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk, Russia.
authors.forename: O S
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Borsuk
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Masnaya
authors.forename: E Yu
authors.initials: EY
authors.lastname: Sherstoboev
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Isaykina
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Kalinkina
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Reihart
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000921:Antibody-Producing Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D000941:Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D031170:Arctium / Q000737:chemistry; D031176:Bidens / Q000737:chemistry; D002452:Cell Count; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006035:Glycyrrhiza / Q000737:chemistry; D007107:Immune System / Q000187:drug effects*; D056724:Immunity, Humoral / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012756:Sheep; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D026982:Urtica dioica / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D010936:Plant Extracts