Preparation of microparticulate β-glucan from Saccharomyces cerevisiae for use in immune potentiation

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 267-271

  Hunter, K W ^a   Gault, R A ^a   Berner, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; SPRAY DRYING; YEAST;

BUDDING YEASTS; CELL WALLS; DRYING (A); GLUCANS; MICROPARTICULATES; NON-AGGREGATED; SPRAY-DRYING; WALL MATERIALS; YEAST CELL; YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ACID; ALKALI; BETA GLUCAN;

YEAST;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPRAY DRYING; SUSPENSION; ULTRASOUND; YEAST CELL;

ANIMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0036399708     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2002.01201.x     Document Type: Article

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