Dioscorea phytocompounds enhance murine splenocyte proliferation ex vivo and improve regeneration of bone marrow cells in vivo

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Shyur, Lie Fen ^a   Su, Pei Fen ^a,b   Li, Chin Jin ^a   Hsu, Chih Chien ^a   Benson, Spencer ^c   Wang, Sheng Yang ^d   Aravindaram, Kandan ^a   Chan, Sunney I ^e   Wu, Shih Hsiung ^f   Yang, Feng Ling ^f   Huang, Wen Ching ^a   Yang, Ning Sun ^a,g,h  

^a AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIOSCOREA PHYTOCOMPOUND; FLUOROURACIL; INTERLEUKIN 2; MANNOSE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL ASSAY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL REGENERATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; YAM;

EID: 79959222538     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ecam/neq032     Document Type: Article

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