The pectic polysaccharide from Bupleurum falcatum L. enhances clearance of immune complexes in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 585-588

  Matsumoto, Tsukasa ^a   Yamada, Haruki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucose oxidase anti glucose oxidase complexes; Immune complex clearance; Pectic polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BUPLEURAN 2IIB; BUPLEURUM FALCATUM EXTRACT; CARBON COLLOID; FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BUPLEURUM FALCATUM;

EID: 0029827986     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199611)10:7<585::AID-PTR909>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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