Immunomodulatory properties of Alternanthera tenella Colla aqueous extracts in mice

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1215-1219

  Guerra, R N M ^a,b   Pereira, H A W ^a   Silveira, L M S ^a   Olea, R S G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alternanthera; Antibody; Antitumor activity; Ehrlich ascites; Immunomodulation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNANTHERA EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MITOGENIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTERNANTHERA; AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR CELL;

ALTERNANTHERA; ALTERNANTHERA TENELLA; AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0141920442     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003000900011     Document Type: Article

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