Effects of pleuran (β-glucan isolated from Pleurotus ostreatus) on experimental colitis in rats

Physiological Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 575-581

  Nosal'ova V ^a   Bobek, P ^a   Cerna S ^a   Galbavy S ^a   Stvrtina S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Acetic acid induced colitis; Glucan; Pleuran; Rats

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; PLEURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PLEUROTUS; RAT; TISSUE INJURY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ACETIC ACID; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; GLUCANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; PLEUROTUS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0035694813     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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