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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 239856, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/239856
Research Article

Significant Increase in Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes and Natural Killer Cells by Triphala: A Clinical Phase I Study

Pratya Phetkate,1 Tanawan Kummalue,2 Yaowalak U-pratya,3 and Somboon Kietinun1

1Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Pathumthani 12121, Thailand
2Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand
3Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10700, Thailand

Received 8 September 2012; Accepted 30 October 2012

Academic Editor: Byung-Cheul Shin

Copyright © 2012 Pratya Phetkate et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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