Immunomodulating activity of Echinacea gloriosa L., Echinacea angustifolia DC. and Rudbeckia speciosa Wenderoth ethanol-water extracts

M Bukovský; S Vaverková; D Kost'álová

Immunomodulating activity of Echinacea gloriosa L., Echinacea angustifolia DC. and Rudbeckia speciosa Wenderoth ethanol-water extracts

Pol J Pharmacol. 1995 Mar-Apr;47(2):175-7.

Authors

M Bukovský¹, S Vaverková, D Kost'álová

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Pharmacy, Komensky University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.

PMID: 8688891

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.

MeSH terms

Adjuvants, Immunologic / pharmacology*
Animals
Macrophages, Peritoneal / drug effects*
Macrophages, Peritoneal / physiology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Plant Extracts / pharmacology
Plants, Medicinal / chemistry*

Substances

Adjuvants, Immunologic
Plant Extracts