Nonspecific immune responses of Cathranthus roseus in Oreochromis mossambicus

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-281

  Kandhavelu, Jeyalakshmi ^a   Krishnan, Navaneethakannan ^b   Kandhavelu, Meenakshisundaram ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b THE AMERICAN COLLEGE   (India)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cathranthus roseus; Disease resistance; Immunostimulant; Non specific immunity; Oreochromis mossambicus; Phytochemical analysis; Serum lysozyme; Specific immune response; WBC count

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; LYSOZYME; STEROL; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; WATER;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ALKALOIDS; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CATHARANTHUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FLAVONOIDS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MURAMIDASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; SHEEP; STEROLS; TANNINS; TILAPIA;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; OVIS ARIES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84857484389     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923973.2011.601314     Document Type: Article

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