Immunosuppressive activity of ethanolic extract of seeds of Moringa oleifera Lam. in experimental immune inflammation

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 183-186

  Mahajan, Shailaja G ^a   Mehta, Anita A ^a  

^a L M COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Humoral immunity; Immune inflammation; Immunosuppressive; Moringa oleifera

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DEXAMETHASONE; MORINGA OLEIFERA EXTRACT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MACROPHAGE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT SEED; SPLEEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; CHEMISTRY; EMBRYOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MORINGA OLEIFERA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS;

MORINGA OLEIFERA; MORINGACEAE; MUS;

EID: 77953809685     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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