Immunosuppressive activity of hexane and ethanolic extracts of Pterospermum acerifolium seeds in BALB/c mice

Medicinal Chemistry Research

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1667-1673

  Pathak, Manisha ^a   Bano, Nasreen ^a   Dixit, Preety ^a   Soni, Vishal Kumar ^a   Kumar, Padam ^a   Maurya, Rakesh ^a   Misra Bhattacharya, Shailja ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Flow cytometry; Immunosuppression; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Pterospermum acerifolium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEXANE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LEVAMISOLE; PLANT EXTRACT; PTEROSPERMUM ACERIFOLIUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG PURIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLANT SEED; PTEROSPERMUM ACERIFOLIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 TH2 BALANCE;

EID: 84856233986     PISSN: 10542523     EISSN: 15548120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00044-010-9476-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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