Immunostimulant activity of the extracts and bioactives of the fruits of morinda citrifolia

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Nayak, Smita ^a   Mengi, Sushma ^a  

^a SNDT WOMEN S UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immune response; Immunostimulant; Morinda citrifolia; Neutrophils; Phagocytic activity; Serum IL 6 levels

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKALOID; ANTHRAQUINONE; BCG VACCINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FRUIT; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS BCG; RATTUS; RUBIACEAE; SOLANACEAE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 77149146229     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200802435697     Document Type: Article

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