Synergistic immunostimulatory effect of pidotimod and red ginseng acidic polysaccharide on humoral immunity of immunosuppressed mice

Pharmazie

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 904-908

  Xiao, Fei Du ^a   Cheng, Zhe Jiang ^b   Chun, Fu Wu ^a   Eun, Kyung Won ^b   Se, Young Choung ^b  

^a SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; GINSENG EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PIDOTIMOD; POLYSACCHARIDE; RED GINSENG ACIDIC POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKYLATING AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PLANT EXTRACT; PYROGLUTAMIC ACID; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENTIATION; GINSENG; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN; THYMUS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PATHOLOGY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CELL COUNT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PANAX; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; SPLEEN; THIAZOLIDINES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 61449179221     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2008.8604     Document Type: Article

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