The majority of in vitro macrophage activation exhibited by extracts of some immune enhancing botanicals is due to bacterial lipoproteins and lipopolysaccharides

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1023-1032

  Pugh, Nirmal D ^a   Tamta, Hemlata ^a   Balachandran, Premalatha ^a   Wu, Xiangmei ^a   Howell, J'Lynn ^b   Dayan, Franck E ^b   Pasco, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NATURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

Author keywords

Echinacea; Ginseng; Lipopolysaccharide; Lipoprotein; Macrophage activation; Melanin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS EXTRACT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHITIN; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; GINSENG EXTRACT; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA EXTRACT; JUGLANS NIGRA EXTRACT; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MEDICAGO SATIVA EXTRACT; MELANIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYMYXIN B; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT;

ALFALFA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG TARGETING; ECHINACEA; ENDOPHYTE; GERMINATION; GINSENG; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA MINNESOTA;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ECHINACEA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIPOPROTEINS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MELANINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

EID: 51749112059     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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