Influence of purified saponin mixture from Astragalus corniculatus Bieb. on phagocytic cells in Graffi-tumor bearing hamsters

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 394-399

  Toshkova, R A ^a   Krasteva, I N ^b   Wesselinova, D W ^a   Nikolov, S D ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Astragalus corniculatus Bieb.; Graffi myeloid tumor; Immunomodulation; Macrophages; Saponin

Indexed keywords

ASTRAGALUS CORNICULATUS EXTRACT; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTRAGALUS CORNICULATUS; BONE MARROW TUMOR; CANCER GRAFT; CANCER INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; ASTRAGALUS PLANT; CELL MOVEMENT; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; IRON COMPOUNDS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; NEOPLASM TRANSPLANTATION; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SAPONINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ASTRAGALUS CORNICULATUS; CRICETINAE;

EID: 33845992534     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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