Dietary garlic (Allium sativum) lectins, ASA I and ASA II, are highly stable and immunogenic

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1161-1169

  Clement, Fatima ^a   Venkatesh, Yeldur P ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Garlic; Immunogenicity; Lectins; Oral administration; Protease stability; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

AGGLUTININ; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LECTIN; PEPSIN A; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RABBIT ANTISERUM; UREA;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GARLIC; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHAGOCYTOSIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH JUICE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIGESTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FECES; GARLIC; GLYCOPROTEINS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; LECTINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PEPSIN A; PLANT LECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 77957226946     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2010.06.022     Document Type: Article

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