A new type of biological response modifier from Chlorella vulgaris which needs protein moiety to show an antitumour activity

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 309-319

  Noda, Kiyoshi ^a   Ohno, Naohito ^b   Tanaka, Kuniaki ^c   Okuda, Masao ^c   Yadomae, Toshiro ^b   Nomoto, Kikuo ^a   Shoyama, Yukihiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Research Laboratories Chlorella Industries Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris; Galactose rich; Protein; Proteolysis sensitive; Stability of antitumour effect

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER; GALACTOSE; GLYCOPROTEIN; PICIBANIL; PROTEINASE;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHLORELLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 0031843757     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199808)12:5<309::AID-PTR303>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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