Antitumor and immunostimulating activities of Acanthopanax sessiliflorus fruits

Natural Product Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-116

  Lee, Sanghyun ^a   Lee, Yeon Sil ^a   Jung, Sang Hoon ^a   Ji, Jun ^a   Shin, Kuk Hyun ^a   Kim, Bak Kwang ^a   Kang, Sam Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acanthopanax sessiliflorus; Antitumor activity; Araliaceae; Immunostimulating activity; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOPANAX SESSILIFLORUS EXTRACT; ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSAN;

ACANTHOPANAX SESSILIFLORUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MACROPHAGE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SARCOMA CELL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0038503184     PISSN: 12263907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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