Protective effect of Plantago major L. pectin polysaccharide against systemic Streptococcus pneumoniae infection in mice

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 348-355

  Hetland, G ^a,b   Samuelsen, A B ^a,b   Loslash Vik, M ^a,b   Paulsen, B S ^a,b   Aaberge, I S ^a,b   Groeng, E C ^a,b   Michaelsen, T E ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANTAGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANIMALS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; PECTINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 0033833958     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2000.00793.x     Document Type: Article

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