Immunoregulatory actions of polysaccharides from Chinese herbal medicine

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1367-1402

  Jiang, Ming Hua ^a   Zhu, Liang ^a   Jiang, Jian Guo ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese herbal medicine; immunoregulatory effects; mechanism; polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ACHYRANTHES BIDENTATA EXTRACT; ALOE VERA EXTRACT; ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ARABINOGALACTAN; ARABINOXYLAN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CURCUMA ZEDOARIA EXTRACT; CYTOKINE; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GLUCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GRIFOLAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; LENTINAN; LENTINULA EDODES EXTRACT; LIGUSTRUM LUCIDUM EXTRACT; LYCIUM BARBARUM EXTRACT; PECTIN; PLANT EXTRACT; PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUM EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA EXTRACT; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII EXTRACT;

ALOE VERA; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHINESE MEDICINE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYCHEE; MACROPHAGE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MALE; MICE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; POLYSACCHARIDES; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 78249240923     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2010.531010     Document Type: Review

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