Immunomodulatory activity of an extract of the novel fungal endophyte Entrophospora infrequens isolated from Nothapodytes foetida (wight) sleumer

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-260

  Puri, S C ^a   Amna, T ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Arora, Rajesh ^b   Spiteller, M ^c   Qazi, G N ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Campotothecin; Cell mediated immunity; Delayed type hypersensitivity; Endophyte; Entrophospora infrequens; Humoral immunity; Immunomodulation; Nothapodytes foetida

Indexed keywords

ENTROPHOSPORA INFREQUENS; FUNGI; MUS; NOTHAPODYTES FOETIDA;

EID: 34548444254     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.54.2007.3.2     Document Type: Article

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