Modulation of immunity in young-adult and aged squirrel, Funambulus pennanti by melatonin and p-chlorophenylalanine

Immunity and Ageing

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rai, Seema ^a   Haldar, Chandana ^a   Singh, Rajesh ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; FENCLONINE; MELATONIN; OXAZOLONE; SEROTONIN; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FUNAMBULUS PENNANTI; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SPLEEN CELL; SQUIRREL;

EID: 67449137942     PISSN: 17424933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4933-6-5     Document Type: Article

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