Oral administration of submerged cultivated Grifola frondosa enhances phagocytic activity in normal mice

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-243

  Wang, Lisu ^a   Ha, Choi Lan ^b   Cheng, Tso Lin ^c   Cheng, Su Yun ^b   Lian, Tzi Wei ^b   Wu, Ming Jiuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c Taiwan Sugar Research Institute   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNGUS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GRIFOLA FRONDOSA; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

ADENOSINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOHYDRATES; CYTOKINES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GRIFOLA; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCELIUM; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPLEEN;

EID: 38949158018     PISSN: 00223573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1211/jpp.60.2.0013     Document Type: Article

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