Immunostimolatory activities of Vigna mungo L. extract in male SpragueDawley rats

Journal of Immunotoxicology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 213-218

  Solanki, Yogendrasinh B ^a   Jain, Sunita M ^a  

^a L M COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (India)

Author keywords

Delayed type hypersensitivity; Immunostimulatory; Neutrophil adhesion; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HUMORAL ANTIBODY; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIGNA MUNGO EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG USE; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MUNG BEAN; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIGNA MUNGO;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; ERYTHROCYTES; FABACEAE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEEDS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; FABACEAE; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS; VIGNA MUNGO;

EID: 77954915950     PISSN: 1547691X     EISSN: 1547691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15476911003792278     Document Type: Article

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