Protection of immunocompromised mice from fungal infection with a thymus growth-stimulatory component from Selaginella involvens, a fern

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-359

  Gayathri, V ^a   Asha, V V ^b   John, J Anil ^a   Subramoniam, A ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TROPICAL BOTANIC GARDEN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b RAJIV GANDHI CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

aging; anti lipid peroxidation; Aspergillus fumigatus; glycoside; involution of thymus

Indexed keywords

ALGAL EXTRACT; HYDROXYL RADICAL; KETOCONAZOLE; SELAGIN; SUPEROXIDE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DISK DIFFUSION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DRUG ISOLATION; FERN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELAGINELLA INVOLVENS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; FERNS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MICE; MYCOSES; PLANT EXTRACTS; SELAGINELLACEAE; THYMUS GLAND;

ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FILICOPHYTA; MUS; SELAGINELLA;

EID: 79955799203     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2010.518617     Document Type: Article

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