Isolation and characterization of immunostimulatory polysaccharide from an herb tea, Gynostemma pentaphyllum makino

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 6905-6909

  Yang, Xingbin ^a   Zhao, Yan ^b   Yang, Ying ^a   Ruan, Yun ^a  

^a SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Gynostemma pentaphyllum herb tea; Immunostimulating activity; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL STRAIN HT29; CHEMISTRY; COLON TUMOR; DRUG EFFECT; GYNOSTEMMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACROPHAGE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; SECRETION; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; BEVERAGES; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; GYNOSTEMMA; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT LEAVES; POLYSACCHARIDES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

GYNOSTEMMA PENTAPHYLLUM;

EID: 51649129850     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf801101u     Document Type: Article

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