Effect of various extracts and a polysaccharide from the edible mycelia of Cordyceps sinensis on cellular and humoral immune response against ovalbumin in mice

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 646-652

  Wu, Yalin ^a   Sun, Hongxiang ^b   Qin, Feng ^b   Pan, Yuanjiang ^a   Sun, Cuirong ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Antibodies; Cordyceps sinensis; Extracts; OVA; Polysaccharide; Splenocyt proliferation

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL; ARABINOSE; CONCANAVALIN A; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS EXTRACT; GALACTOSE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; MANNOSE; OVALBUMIN; PETROLEUM ETHER; POLYSACCHARIDE; SEPHADEX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORDYCEPS; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; SPLEEN CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORDYCEPS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MYCELIUM; OVALBUMIN; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPLEEN;

ARA; CORDYCEPS SINENSIS;

EID: 33747315795     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1921     Document Type: Article

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