Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 470-476 , May 2009

Bimodal effect of humic acids on the LPS-induced TNF-α release from differentiated U937 cells

  • R. Junek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Natural Sciences, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, D-02763 Zittau, Germany
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  • R. Morrow

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, CV 5FB Coventry, UK
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  • J.I. Schoenherr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Natural Sciences, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, D-02763 Zittau, Germany
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  • R. Schubert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Natural Sciences, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, D-02763 Zittau, Germany
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  • R. Kallmeyer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Natural Sciences, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, D-02763 Zittau, Germany
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  • S. Phull

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, CV 5FB Coventry, UK
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  • R. Klöcking

      Affiliations

    • Department of Natural Sciences, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, D-02763 Zittau, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +493583612303; fax: +493583612300.

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doi: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.10.003

Phytomedicine
Volume 16, Issue 5 , Pages 470-476 , May 2009

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