In Vitro augmentation of natural killer activity and interferon-γ production in murine spleen cells with Agaricus blazei fruiting body fractions

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2466-2469

  Zhong, Ming ^a   Tai, Akihiro ^b   Yamamoto, Itaru ^b  

^a Bizen Chemical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agaricus blazei (A. blazei); Interferon (IFN) ; Natural killer (NK)

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANOL; HEAT TREATMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

AGARICUS BLAZEI (A. BLAZEI); CELL ACTIVITIES; INTERFERON (IFN)-Γ; NATURAL KILLER (NK);

CYTOLOGY;

GAMMA INTERFERON; PLANT EXTRACT;

AGARICUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; SPLEEN; STIMULATION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

AGARICUS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FEMALE; HEAT; INTERFERON TYPE II; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLANT EXTRACTS; SPLEEN; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL;

AGARICUS BLAZEI; MURINAE;

EID: 29344460047     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.2466     Document Type: Article

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