Effect of Chlorella vulgaris on immune-enhancement and cytokine production in vivo and in vitro

Food Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 953-958

  An, Hyo Jin ^a   Rim, Hong Kun ^a   Lee, Jong Hyun ^a   Seo, Min Jun ^a,b   Hong, Jin Woo ^c   Kim, Na Hyung ^a   Myung, Noh Yil ^a   Moon, Phil Dong ^a   Choi, In Young ^b   Na, Ho Jeong ^b   Kim, Su Jin ^b   Jeong, Hyun Ja ^d   Park, Hyeung Suk ^e   Han, Jae Gab ^e   Um, Jae Young ^a   Hong, Seung Heon ^b   Kim, Hyung Min ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^d Hoseo University   (South Korea)

^e Daesang Company Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlorella vulgaris (CV); Immune enhancement; Interferon (IFN ); Interleukin 2 (IL 2); MOLT 4 T cell; Protein energy malnutrition (PEM)

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLORELLA VULGARIS; MUS;

EID: 56249124973     PISSN: 12267708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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