Toxicological and immunomodulatory assessments of botryosphaeran (β-glucan) produced by Botryosphaeria rhodina RCYU 30101

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 910-916

  Weng, Brian Bor Chun ^a   Lin, Yu Chih ^a   Hu, Chia Wen ^a   Kao, Ming Yuan ^a   Wang, Shih Hao ^a   Lo, Dan Yuan ^a   Lai, Tzu Yuan ^a   Kan, Lou Sing ^b   Chiou, Robin Yih Yuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glucan; Botryosphaeran; Gel permeation chromatography; Immunomodulation; Nitric oxide; Sprague Dawley rat

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; BOTRYOSPHAERAN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZYMOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARLEY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA; CELL STRAIN; CELL STRAIN RAW 264.7; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DNA PRIMERS; GLUCANS; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HORDEUM; RATTUS;

EID: 79952441519     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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