The immunosuppressive effects of Agyrolobium roseum and pinitol in experimental animals

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 286-291

  Chauhan, Prashant Singh ^a   Gupta, Kuldeep Kumar ^a   Bani, Sarang ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Agyrolobium roseum; Immunosuppression; Lymphocytes; Pinitol; Th1 Th2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; KA 134; LEVAMISOLE; PINITOL; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGYROLOBIUM ROSEUM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; FABACEAE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, HUMORAL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INOSITOL; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 79151477984     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2010.11.028     Document Type: Article

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