Picroliv, the iridoid glycoside fraction of Picrorhiza kurroa, selectively augments human T cell response to mycobacterial protein antigens

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 579-588

  Sinha, Sudhir ^a   Mehrotra, Jyoti ^a   Bala, Lakshmi ^a   Jaiswal, A K ^b   Dhawan, B N ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BASE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KUTKIN; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; TUBERCULIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY;

EID: 0031753841     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923979809031518     Document Type: Article

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