Effect of an aqueous extract of Azadirachta indica on the immune response in mice

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-62

  Njiro, S M ^a   Kofi Tsekpo, Mawuli W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Azadirachta indica; Immune response; Neem tree

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; OVIS ARIES;

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMOLYTIC PLAQUE ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMOLYTIC PLAQUE TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT EXTRACTS; TREES;

EID: 0033084211     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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