Modulation of B lymphocyte function by an aqueous fraction of the ethanol extract of Cissampelos sympodialis Eichl (Menispermaceae)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1511-1522

  Alexandre Moreira, M S ^a   Piuvezam, M R ^b   Pecanha L M T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Cissampelos sympodialis; Immunoglobulin; Natural products; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CISSAMPELOS SYMPODIALIS EXTRACT; CYCLIC AMP; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLAST CELL; CISSAMPELOS SYMPODIALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; IC 50; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MENISPERMACEAE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; CISSAMPELOS; MENISPERMACEAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0242407569     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2003001100010     Document Type: Article

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