Immunostimulant principles from Curculigo orchioides

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 181-184

  Lakshmi, V ^a   Pandey, K ^a   Puri, Anju ^a   Saxena, R P ^a   Saxena, K C ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Curculigo orchioides; Immunostimulants; Phenolic glycosides; Rhizomes

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES GAERTEN EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDE; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; ORCINOL 3 O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; ORCINOL 3 O BETA DEXTRO XYLOPYRANOSIDE 1 (1-6) BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLAST TRANSFORMATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES GAERTEN; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG PURIFICATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; RHIZOME;

CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES;

EID: 0242637169     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00160-0     Document Type: Article

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