Identity of the immunomodulatory proteins from garlic (Allium sativum) with the major garlic lectins or agglutinins

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 316-324

  Clement, Fatima ^a   Pramod, Siddanakoppalu N ^a   Venkatesh, Yeldur P ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Garlic; Histamine release; Immunomodulatory proteins; Lectins; Mitogenicity

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; GARLIC EXTRACT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; LECTIN; MANNOSE BINDING LECTIN; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROSS REACTION; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GARLIC; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MAST CELL; MITOGENESIS; MITOGENICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

AGGLUTININS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; GARLIC; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LECTINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MAST CELLS; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 76849088572     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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