Medicinal Plants and Enhancement of Animal Physiology

ISBN-13: 9783659713583 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 116 str.

A. Farid Omar a. H.;Salem Salem Mohamed

Opis

Echinacea preparations are one of the most widely used over the counter herbal preparations. It is commonly used orally as an immune stimulant to increase resistance to viral, bacterial and fungal infections of the upper respiratory tract and as an anti-inflammatory agent. This book investigates the effect of pre or postnatal Echinacea extract supplementation on the health status through the antioxidant and immune responses.

O autorze

Prof. Dr. Salem Mohamed Salem is a professor of Animal Physiology, Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Egypt. and Dr. Omar Abd-Elhamed Ahmed Farid is a researcher, Department of Physiology, National Organization for Drug Control and Research (NODCAR), Ministry of Health, Egypt.