Immunostimulatory activities of a low molecular weight antitumoral polysaccharide isolated from Agaricus blazei Murill (LMPAB) in Sarcoma 180 ascitic tumor-bearing mice

Pharmazie

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 472-476

  Niu, Ying Cai ^a   Liu, Ji Cheng ^a,b   Zhao, Xue Mei ^a   Su, Fu Qin ^a   Cui, Hong Xia ^a  

^a QIQIHAR MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; LOW MOLECULE POLYSACCHARIDE FROM EXTRACT OF AGARICUS BLAZEI; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COLORING AGENT; CYTOKINE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; POLYSACCHARIDE; TETRAZOLIUM; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLYL BLUE;

AGARICUS BLAZEI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASCITES TUMOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; SARCOMA 180; SPLEEN CELL; THYMUS; UPREGULATION; AGARICUS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AGARICUS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORING AGENTS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYSACCHARIDES; SARCOMA 180; SPLEEN; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 70349229758     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2009.8806     Document Type: Article

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