Advances in immunological activities of Konjac glucomannan

Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1404-1406

  Lin, Hui Min ^a,b   Pang, Jie ^a   Fan, Lin Lin ^a   Chen, Jie ^b  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunological activities; Intestinal flora; Intestinal immune; Konjac glucomannan (KGM); Lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; KONJAC GLUCOMANNAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; ORGANOGENESIS; REVIEW;

EID: 79952346043     PISSN: 10011978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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