Immunosuppressive properties of flavonoids isolated from Boerhaavia diffusa Linn.

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 541-553

  Pandey, Rahul ^a   Maurya, Rakesh ^b   Singh, Geetu ^b   Sathiamoorthy, B ^b   Naik, Sita ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Electrophoretic mobility shift assay; Immunomodulation; Lymphocyte proliferation; Mixed lymphocyte reaction; Natural killer cells; Nitric oxide; Phytohemagglutinin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA EXTRACT; CHLOROFORM; EUPALITIN; EUPALITIN 3 O BETA DEXTRO GALACTOPYRANOSIDE; FLAVONOID; HEXANE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOERHAAVIA DIFFUSA; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DNA BINDING; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SCREENING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 15944378587     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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