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Abstract Title:

A natural herbal remedy modulates angiogenic activity of bronchoalveolar lavage cells from sarcoidosis patients.

Abstract Source:

Cent Eur J Immunol. 2016 ;41(1):25-34. Epub 2016 Mar 24. PMID: 27095919

Abstract Author(s):

Dorota M Radomska-Leśniewska, Ewa Skopińska-Różewska, Urszula Demkow, Jarosław Jóźwiak, Małgorzata Sobiecka, Barbara Joanna Bałan

Article Affiliation:

Dorota M Radomska-Leśniewska

Abstract:

Sarcoidosis is a systemic inflammatory disease with abnormally high angiogenic activity of inflammatory cells. Reumaherb preparation consisting of three herbs: Echinacea purpurea, Harpagophytum procumbens, and Filipendula ulmaria, and it exerts anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and analgesic activity and stimulates regenerative and immunological processes. The aim of this paper was to estimate the effect of Reumaherb on immunological angiogenesis induced by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells collected from six patients with sarcoidosis and grafted into Balb/c mice skin. After grafting, the animals were fed for three days with 0.6 or 1.2 mg of Reumaherb (calculated from recommended human daily dose) daily, suspended in 40µl of water, or 40 µl of water alone (control group). A significant reduction of newly formed blood vessels was obtained in four cases for 1.2 mg and in three cases for 0.6 mg daily dose of this remedy. Thus, we hypothesise that Reumaherb promotes anti-angiogenic activity and may potentially be used in diseases associated with excessive blood vessel formation.

Study Type : Animal Study

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