Immunomodulating property of Ocimum sanctum by regulating the IL-2 production and its mRNA expression using rat's splenocytes

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 8-12

  Goel, Anjana ^a   Singh, Dilip Kumar ^a   Kumar, Sandeep ^a   Bhatia, Ashok Kumar ^a  

^a UP Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya pashu Chikitsa Vigyan Vishwavidyalaya Evam Go Anusandhan Sansthan   (India)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; IL 2; Ocimum sanctum; Splenocytes; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; MESSENGER RNA; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WISTAR ALBINO GLAXO RAT;

EID: 77950671498     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(10)60021-1     Document Type: Article

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