ArticleAfrican journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM2017
Article in African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Cytotoxic and Antioxidant Effects of Antimalarial Herbal Mixtures.International journal of microbiology · 2020Article
- Evaluation of the in vitro effects of commercial herbal preparations significant in African traditional medicine on platelets.BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundCommercial herbal medicines (CHMs) being marketed as immune boosters or tonics, have gained widespread popularity. The many herbal mixtures sold have not been tested for efficacy and safety, despite their modern packaging and presentations. It is imperative that these herbal mixtures be investigated for their effects on human neutrophils.
methodsThe selected herbal mixture (HM),
resultsThe HM had variable stimulatory and inhibitory effects on the luminescence activity of healthy isolated and non-isolated human neutrophils. The effects, ranging from weak to potent were either directly or inversely related to the concentration of the HM and were mediated through a direct protein kinase C activating mechanism and an indirect formyl peptide receptor-linked mechanism.
conclusionThe findings have shown the immunomodulatory potential of
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