Immunomodulatory effect of the polysaccharide-rich fraction from sclerotium of medicinal mushroom Poria cocos F.A. Wolf (Aphyllophoromycetideae) on Balb/c Mice

International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-121

  Ma, Chia Yu ^a   Chang, Wan Ching ^b   Chang, Hung Min ^b   Wu, James Swi Bea ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE INSTITUTE OF NORTHERN TAIWAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

fu ling; immunomodulation; medicinal mushrooms; polysaccharide rich fraction; Poria cocos; sclerotium; specifi c immune response

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; POLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE RICH FRACTION; PORIA COCOS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG ISOLATION; GROWTH; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PORIA; PORIA COCOS; SCLEROTIUM (BASIDIOMYCOTA); SPLEEN CELL;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; MUS; PORIA COCOS;

EID: 77954528315     PISSN: 15219437     EISSN: 19404344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMedMushr.v12.i2.10     Document Type: Article

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