Immunostimulatory response induced by supplementation of Ficus benghalensis root powder, in the artificial feed the Indian freshwater murrel, Channa punctatus

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 590-596

  Verma, Vipin Kumar ^a   Rani, Kumari Vandana ^b   Sehgal, Neeta ^b   Prakash, Om ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Antibacterial activity; Channa punctatus; Ficus benghalensis; Immunoglobulin; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHANNA MARULIUS MARULIUS; CHANNA PUNCTATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FICUS BENGHALENSIS;

EID: 84864382273     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: 10959947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2012.06.031     Document Type: Article

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