Immunomodulatory activity of the aqueous extract of seeds of Abrus precatorius Linn (Jequirity) in mice

Iranian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 96-103

  Tilwari, Anita ^a,b   Shukla, Narmada Prasad ^b   Pathirissery, Uma Devi ^c  

^a Madhya Pradesh Council of Science & Technology Bhopal   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Department of Research   (India)

Author keywords

Abrus precatorius; Delayed Type Hypersensitivity; Haemagglutination; Immunomodulation; Phagocytic Index

Indexed keywords

ABRUS PRECATORIUS EXTRACT;

ABRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; IMMUNOMODULATION; KIDNEY MASS; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT SEED; SPLEEN WEIGHT; THYMUS WEIGHT;

EID: 80052862926     PISSN: 17351383     EISSN: 1735367X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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