Effects of oral administration of Yam tuber storage protein, dioscorin, to BALB/c mice for 21-days on immune responses

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 9274-9279

  Liu, Yen Wenn ^a   Liu, J U Chi ^b,c   Huang, Chun Yao ^a   Wang, Chung Kwe ^d   Shang, Huey Fang ^a   Hou, Wen Chi ^a,e  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dioscorin; Immunomodulatory; Mucosal; Yam

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PEYER PATCH; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT TUBER; SECRETION; SPLEEN; YAM;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; DIOSCOREA; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEYER'S PATCHES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT TUBERS; SPLEEN;

DIOSCOREA ALATA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 70349921001     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf902245k     Document Type: Article

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