Immunomodulatory potential of rhizome and seed extracts of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 490-494

  Mukherjee, Debajyoti ^a   Khatua, Tarak Nath ^a   Venkatesh, P ^a   Saha, B P ^a   Mukherjee, Pulok K ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

DTH; Immunomodulation; Leukocyte count; NBT; Nelumbo nucifera; Phagocytosis; Rhizome; Seed

Indexed keywords

NELUMBO NUCIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; RHIZOME; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE;

ANIMALS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FEVER; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICE; NELUMBO; NEUTROPHILS; RHIZOME; SEEDS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NYMPHAEACEAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 77649193087     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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