Epilobium angustifolium L.: A medicinal plant with therapeutic properties
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Immunomodulatory activity of oenothein B isolated from Epilobium angustifolium.
Epilobium angustifolium has been traditionally used to treat of a number of diseases; however, not much is known regarding its effect on innate immune cells. In this study, we report that extracts of E. angustifolium activated functional responses in neutrophils and monocyte/macrophages. Activity-guided fractionation, followed by mass spectroscopy and NMR analysis, resulted in the identificatio...
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عنوان ژورنال: The EuroBiotech Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2564-615X
DOI: 10.24190/issn2564-615x/2017/02.03