Effect of aqueous extract of Tinospora cordifolia on functions of peritoneal macrophages isolated from CCl4 intoxicated male albino mice

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sengupta, Mahuya ^a   Sharma, Gauri D ^a   Chakraborty, Biswajit ^a  

^a ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA EXTRACT; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; PLANT EXTRACT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME RELEASE; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT STEM; TINOSPORA CORDIFOLIA; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TINOSPORA; TOXIC HEPATITIS;

ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; TINOSPORA;

EID: 80054997786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-11-102     Document Type: Article

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