Modulation by anapsos (Polypodium leucotomos extract) of the antibody responses against the nematode parasite Trichinella spiralis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 566-570

  Dea Ayuela, M ^a   Rodero, M ^a   Rodriguez Bueno, R ^a   Bolas Fernandez F ^a   Martinez Fernandez A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anapsos; Antibodies; Immunization; Immunomodulant; Polypodium leucotomos; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; POLYPODIUM LEUCOTOMOS EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGLYCOSYLATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPOTENTIATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; GLYCOSIDES; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

ANIMALIA; FILICOPHYTA; POLYPODIUM LEUCOTOMOS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0032751141     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199911)13:7<566::AID-PTR502>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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