In vitro and in vivo mechanism of immunomodulatory and antiviral activity of Edible Bird's Nest (EBN) against influenza A virus (IAV) infection

Haghani A 1 , Mehrbod P 2 , Safi N 3 , Aminuddin NA 4 , Bahadoran A 5 , Omar AR 6 Show all authors , Ideris A 7

Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: ahaghani@usc.edu
  • 2 Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: mehrbode@yahoo.com
  • 3 Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: nikoo_vet82@yahoo.com
  • 4 Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: ainamin2013@gmail.com
  • 5 Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: azadeh_chemist@yahoo.com
  • 6 Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: aro@upm.edu.my
  • 7 Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Electronic address: aiini@upm.edu.my
J Ethnopharmacol, 2016 Jun 5;185:327-40.
PMID: 26976767 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2016.03.020

Abstract

For centuries, Edible Bird Nest (EBN) has been used in treatment of variety of respiratory diseases such as flu and cough as a Chinese natural medicine.

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