Yam storage protein dioscorins from dioscorea alata and dioscorea japonica exhibit distinct immunomodulatory activities in mice

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 4606-4613

  Lin, Pei Lan ^a   Lin, Kuo Wei ^b   Weng, Ching Feng ^a   Lin, Kuo Chih ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Dioscorins; TLR 4; Yam storage protein

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; YAM;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DIOSCOREA; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; DIOSCOREA JAPONICA; MUS;

EID: 67149099539     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf8038499     Document Type: Article

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