Measurement of blood clearance time by Limulus G test of Candida-water soluble polysaccharide fraction, CAWS, in mice

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-76

  Kurihara, Kiyoshi ^a   Miura, Noriko N ^a   Uchiyama, Michiharu ^a   Ohno, Naohito ^a   Adachi, Yoshiyuki ^a   Aizawa, Maki ^b   Tamura, Hiroshi ^b   Tanaka, Shigenori ^b   Yadomae, Toshiro ^a  

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

^b SEIKAGAKU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candida water soluble polysaccharide fraction; Half clearance time; Lethal toxicity; Limulus test; Mannan glucan complex

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PREDNISOLONE; SALBUTAMOL SULFATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HALF LIFE TIME; LETHALITY; LIMULUS LYSATE TEST; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; GLUCANS; LIMULUS TEST; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0033848773     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(00)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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