Evaluation of mammary gland immunity and therapeutic potential of Tinospora cordifolia against bovine subclinical mastitis

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 645-651

  Mukherjee, Reena ^a   De, U K ^b   Ram, G C ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b National Academy of Agricultural Research Management India   (India)

Author keywords

Interleukin 8; Mastitis; Myloperoxidase; Phagocytic activity; Tinospora cordifolia

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; INTERLEUKIN 8; LYSOZYME; PEROXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BOVINE MASTITIS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; NEUTROPHIL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT STEM; TINOSPORA;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELL COUNT; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-8; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MILK; MURAMIDASE; NEUTROPHILS; PEROXIDASE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; TINOSPORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; TINOSPORA; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 77952882635     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-009-9471-z     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Balows, A., Housher, Jr. W., Herrman, K. L., Isenberg, H. D. and Shadoms, H. J., 1991. Manual of clinical microbiology, (5th Edition, American society of Microbiology, Washington DC, USA).
2. Bretz, U. and Baggiolini, M., 1974. Biochemical and morphological characterization of azurophilic and specific granules of human neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leucocytes. Journal of Cellular Biology, 63, 251-269.
3. Cai, T. Q., Weston, P. G., Lund, L. A., Brodie, B., Mekenna, D. J. and Wagner, W. C., 1994 Association between neutrophil function and periparturiant disorders in cows. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 557, 934-943.
4. Cooray, R., Peterson, C. B. G. and Holmberg, O., 1993. Isolation and purification of bovine myeloperoxidase from neutrophilic granules. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 38, 261-272.
5. Daley, M. J., Oldham, E. R., Williams, T. J. and Coyle, P. A., 1991. Quantitative and qualitative Properties of host PMN cells during experimentally induced Staphylococcus aureus mastitis in cows. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 52, 74-479.
6. Daley, M. J. and Hayes, P., 1992. Mastitis: why is it so hard to cure? Cornell Veterinarian, 62, 1-9.
7. Fox, L. K., Mcdonald, J. S. and Corbel, L. B., 1987. Milk neutrophil phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus as determined by fluorescent microscopy. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B, 34, 549-551.
8. Griffin, T. K.,. Dodd, F. H., Neave, F. K., Westgrarth, G. R., Kingwill, R. G. and Wilson, C. D., 1977. A method of diagnosing intramammary infection in dairy cows for large experiments. Journal Dairy Research, 44, 25-45.
9. Hoeben, D., Burvenich, C. and Heneman, R., 1997. Influence of antimicrobial agents on bactericidal activity on bovine milk polymorphonuclear leucocytes. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 56, 271-282.
10. Kapil, A., and Sharma, S., 1997. Immunopotentiating compound from T. cordifolia. Journal of Ethanopharmacology, 58, 89-95.
11. Khandelwal, K. R., 2005. Practical Pharmacognosy, 13th edn. Nirali Publications, Mumbai.
12. Lauzon, K., Zhao, X and Lacasse, P., 2006. Deferoxamine reduces tissue damage during endotoxin-induced mastitis in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science, 89, 3846-3857.
13. Mukherjee, R., Dash, P. K and Ram, G. C., 2005. Immunotherapeutic potential of Ocimum sanctum (L) in bovine sub clinical mastitis. Research in Veterinary Science, 79, 37-43.
14. Nair Raveendran, P. K., Melnick, S. J., Ramachandran, R, Escalon, E. and Ramachandran, C., 2006. Mechanism of macrophage activation by (1, 4)-α-D-glucan isolated from Tinospora cordifolia. International Immunopharmacology, 6, 1815-1824.
15. Peach, K. and Tracy, M. V., 1956. Modern method of plant analysis, (1st Edition, Springer, Berlin, Germany).
16. Schalm, O. W., Carrol, E. J. and Jain, N. C., 1971. Bovine Mastitis, (1st Edition, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, USA).
17. Singh, S. S., Pandey, S. C., Srivastava, S., Gupta, V. S., Patro, B. and Ghosh, A. C., 2003. Chemistry and medicinal properties of Tinospora cordifolia (Guduchi). Indian Journal of Pharmacology, 35, 83-91.
18. Sordillo, C. M., Shafer Weaver, K. and Derosa, D., 1997. Immunobiology of the mammary gland. Journal of Dairy Science, 80, 1851-1865.
19. Srinivasan, G. V, Unnikrishnan, K. P, RemaShree, A. B, Indira Balachandran., 2008. HPLC estimation of berberine in Tinospora cordifolia and Tinospora sinensis. Indian J pharmaceutical science, 70, 96-99.
20. Zhao, X, and Lacasse, P., 2008. Mammary tissue damage during bovine mastitis: causes and control. Journal of Animal Science, 86, 57-65.