The Herbal Medicine Unkei‐to Stimulates the Secretion of a Cytokine‐induced Neutrophil Chemoattractant, CINC/gro, in the Rat Ovarian Cell Culture

Yasui T, Matsuzaki T, Ogata R, Kiyokawa M, Ushigoe K, Uemura H, Kuwahara A, Ikawa H, Maegawa M, Furumoto H, Aono T, Irahara M. The herbal medicine Unkei‐to stimulates the secretion of a cytokine‐induced neutrophil chemoattractant, CINC/gro, in the rat ovarian cell culture. AJRI 2003; 49:–© Blackwell Munksgaard, 2003

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