Adjuvant effect of an extract from Cochinchina momordica seeds on the immune responses to ovalbumin in mice

Frontiers of Agriculture in China

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-95

  Xiao, Chenwen ^a   Hu, Songhua ^a   Rajput, Zahid Iqbal ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Extract of Cochinchina momordica seed; Memordica cochinchinensis (Lour.) Spreng

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA COCHINCHINENSIS; MUS;

EID: 34250617059     PISSN: 16737334     EISSN: 1673744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11703-007-0017-8     Document Type: Article

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