Enhancement of non-specific immune response in sea cucumber (Apostichopus japonicus) by Astragalus membranaceus and its polysaccharides

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 757-762

  Wang, Tingting ^a   Sun, Yongxin ^b   Jin, Liji ^a,c   Xu, Yongping ^a,c   Wang, Li ^a   Ren, Tongjun ^d   Wang, Kailai ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b LIAONING ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^d DALIAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apostichopus japonicus; Astragalus membranaceus; Disease resistance; Non specific immune response; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

APOSTICHOPUS JAPONICUS; ASTRAGALUS MEMBRANACEUS; HOLOTHUROIDEA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SPLENDIDUS;

EID: 70350783856     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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