Granuloma formation activity and mycolic acid composition of mycobacterial cord factor

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 227-232

  Baba, T ^a,b   Natsuhara, Y ^a   Kaneda, K ^a   Yano, I ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kobe Shoin Women's University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cord factor; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Granuloma formation; Mycobacterium; Mycolic acid; Trehalose 6,6' dimycolate (TDM)

Indexed keywords

CORD FACTOR; MYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRANULOMA; LUNG GRANULOMA; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; CORD FACTORS; GRANULOMA; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOLIC ACIDS;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 0030815734     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000595     Document Type: Article

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