Effects of carbohydrate modification of Quillaja saponaria Molina QH-B fraction on adjuvant activity, cholesterol-binding capacity and toxicity

Vaccine

Volumn 15, Issue 17-18, 1997, Pages 1820-1826

  Rönnberg, Bengt ^a   Fekadu, Makonnen ^b   Behboudi, Shahriar ^c   Kenne, Lennart ^c   Morein, Bror ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adjuvant activity; Carbohydrate modification; Cholesterol binding activity; Quil A; Quillaja saponaria; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; ISCOM; PERIODATE SODIUM; QUIL A; TRITERPENOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0342981064     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-410X(97)00139-4     Document Type: Article

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