Immunomodulatory activity of methanol extract of roots of Cissampelos pareira Linn;Actividad inmunomoduladora del extracto de metanol de las raíces de Cissampelos pareira Linn

Ars Pharmaceutica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-262

  Bafna, A R ^a   Mishra, S H ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

DTH response; Haemagglutination antibody titre; Myelosuppression; Phagocytic index

Indexed keywords

CISSAMPELOS PAREIRA EXTRACT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHANOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CISSAMPELOS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT ROOT; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; STIMULATION;

EID: 27744453402     PISSN: 00042927     EISSN: 00042927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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