Immunomodulatory effects of Aloe vera and its fractions on response of macrophages against Candida albicans

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 676-681

  Farahnejad, Zohreh ^a   Ghazanfari, Tooba ^b   Yaraee, Roya ^b  

^a AJA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aloe vera; Candida albicans; Cell viability; Immunomodulatory; Macrophages

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT;

ALOE VERA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; MACROPHAGE; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALOE; ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; ANIMALIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 80755181476     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2011.560158     Document Type: Article

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