Immunomodulatory activity of a protein isolated from garlic extract on delayed type hypersensitivity

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1541-1549

  Ghazanfari, Tooba ^a   Hassan, Zuhair M ^b   Ebrahimi, Marzieh ^b  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Delayed type hypersensitivity; Garlic extract; Immunomodulatory activity

Indexed keywords

GARLIC EXTRACT; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPH NODE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; SPLENOMEGALY; TABLET; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ERYTHROCYTE; GARLIC; IMMUNOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SHEEP; SPLEEN;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ERYTHROCYTES; GARLIC; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; SHEEP; SPLEEN; TABLETS;

EID: 0036802954     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(02)00052-8     Document Type: Article

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