Immunostimulating polysaccharides from Panax notoginseng

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1196-1200

  Gao, Hua ^a   Wang, Fengzhen ^a   Lien, Eric J ^a   Trousdale, Melvin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticomplementary activity; Interferon ; Panax notoginseng; Polysaccharides; TNF

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; PANAX NOTOGINSENG EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; GEL FILTRATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERFERON INDUCTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I; INTERFERON TYPE II; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; PANAX; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POLYSACCHARIDES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0029776830     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016060119425     Document Type: Article

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