Chemotypical variations in Withania somnifera lead to differentially modulated immune response in BALB/c mice

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1083-1093

  Kushwaha, Susheela ^a   Roy, Saptarshi ^b   Maity, Rita ^b   Mallick, Asish ^b   Soni, Vishal K ^a   Singh, Prashant K ^a   Chaurasiya, Narayan D ^c   Sangwan, Rajender S ^c   Misra Bhattacharya, Shailja ^a   Mandal, Chitra ^b  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^c CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotypes; Immunomodulation; Th1 Th2 cytokines; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; NMITLI 101; NMITLI 118; NMITLI 128; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLANT ROOT; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INDIA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLANT EXTRACTS; SHEEP; WITHANIA;

EID: 84856314781     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.12.031     Document Type: Article

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