Immunomodulatory effect of Nigella sativa proteins fractionated by ion exchange chromatography

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 283-295

  Haq, Afrozul ^a   Lobo, Peter I ^b   Al Tufail, Mohammad ^c   Rama, Nona R ^a   Al Sedairy, Sultan T ^a  

^a Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 8; POKEWEED MITOGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; INTERLEUKINS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE TEST, MIXED; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LECTINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; POKEWEED MITOGENS; SEEDS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0033012875     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(99)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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