Isolation, partial characterisation and immunomodulating activities of polysaccharides from Vernonia kotschyana Sch. Bip. ex Walp

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 141-152

  Nergard, Cecilie Sogn ^a   Diallo, Drissa ^b   Michaelsen, Terje Einar ^a,c   Malterud, Karl Egil ^a   Kiyohara, Hiroaki ^d   Matsumoto, Tsukasa ^d   Yamada, Haruki ^d   Paulsen, Berit Smestad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Department of Traditional Medicine ^*  (Mali)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asteraceae; Baccharoides adoensis var. kotschyana; Bioactive polysaccharides; Immunomodulation; Inulin; Mali; Pectic arabinogalactan; Vernonia kotschyana

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; GALACTAN; PECTIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERNONIA KOTSCHYANA EXTRACT;

ACIDITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; T LYMPHOCYTE; VERNONIA; VERNONIA KOTSCHYANA;

BACCHAROIDES ADOENSIS; VERNONIA KOTSCHYANA;

EID: 1442326714     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2003.12.007     Document Type: Article

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