Immunopotentiating Properties of Cryptolepis buchanani Root Extract

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1140-1144

  Kaul, Anpurna ^a   Bani, Sarang ^a   Zutshi, Usha ^a   Suri, K A ^a   Satti, N K ^a   Suri, O P ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Cryptolepis buchanani; Humoral: cellular immune response; Immunostimulatory

Indexed keywords

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AYURVEDIC DRUG; AZATHIOPRINE; CRYPTOLEPIS BUCHANANI ROOT EXTRACT; IBUPROFEN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASCLEPIADACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOLEPIS; CRYPTOLEPIS BUCHANANI; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CRYPTOLEPIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS;

CRYPTOLEPIS;

EID: 0347356721     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1186     Document Type: Article

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