Immunomodulatory activity and Th1/Th2 cytokine response of Ocimum sanctum in myelosuppressed swiss albino mice

Trends in Medical Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-31

  Hemalatha, R ^a   Narendra Babu, K ^a   Karthik, M ^b   Ramesh, R ^a   Dinesh Kumar, B ^a   Uday Kumar, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NIPER   (India)

Author keywords

Bone marrow cellularity; Cytokines; Immunomodulation; Myelosuppression; NF kB; Ocimum sanctum; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IC 50; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROVOCATION TEST; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 79957542244     PISSN: 18193587     EISSN: 21516065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/tmr.2011.23.31     Document Type: Article

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