Applications of the Phytomedicine <i>Echinacea purpurea</i> (Purple Coneflower) in Infectious Diseases

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Treatment</td><td align="center">Ratio, treatment/control</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">None (control)</td><td align="center">1.00</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>Echinacea</i> (EP) only</td><td align="center">0.76</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Rhinovirus (RV1A) infection</td><td align="center">2.18</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>Echinacea</i> (EP) + RV1A</td><td align="center">0.64</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td>Bronchial epithelial cell cultures (BEAS-2B) were treated with combinations of EP and rhinovirus RV1A, as indicated, and supernatants were assayed for secreted MUC5A by ELISA (details in [<a href="/journals/bmri/2012/769896/#B56">55</a>]).<br/></td></tr></table>

Mucin secretion in human epithelial cell cultures.

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Applications of the Phytomedicine Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) in Infectious Diseases

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