Immunomodulatory activity of Mollugo verticillata L.

Phytomedicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 154-158

  Ferreira, A P ^a   Soares, G L G ^a   Salgado, C A ^a   Goncalves L S ^a   Teixeira, F M ^a   Teixeira, H C ^a   Kaplan, M A C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunomodulatory activity; Mollugo verticillata L.; NO release

Indexed keywords

MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA EXTRACT; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; QUERCETIN; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM CELL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; MOLLUGINACEAE; MOLLUGO; MOLLUGO COSTATA; MOLLUGO VERTICILLATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0344406221     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/094471103321659861     Document Type: Article

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