Immunomodulatory potential of Enicostema axillare (Lam.) A. Raynal, a traditional medicinal plant

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 239-246

  Saravanan, S ^a   Prakash Babu, N ^a   Pandikumar, P ^a   Karunai Raj, M ^a,b   Gabriel Paulraj, M ^a   Ignacimuthu, S ^a  

^a LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^b Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

DTH response; Enicostema axillare; Immunomodulatory

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ENICOSTEMA AXILLARE EXTRACT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LEUKOCYTE ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SWERTIAMARIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENICOSTEMA AXILLARE; GENTIANACEAE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ERYTHROCYTES; GENTIANACEAE; HEMAGGLUTININS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NITRIC OXIDE; ORGAN SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SHEEP; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND;

ANIMALIA; ENICOSTEMA AXILLARE; GENTIANACEAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84858006440     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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