Effect of α-Glucan originated from aureobasidium pullulans on asthma induced by ovalbumin in mouse

Archives of Pharmacal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1073-1081

  Ku, Sae Kwang ^a   Kim, Joo Wan ^b   Cho, Hyung Rae ^b   Kim, Ki Young ^b   Min, You Hong ^a   Park, Jong Hyun ^a   Kim, Jae Soo ^a   Park, Ji Ha ^a   Seo, Bu Il ^a   Roh, Seong Soo ^a  

^a Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^b Glucan Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asthma; Aureobasidium pullulans; Beta glucan; C57BL 6 mouse; Dexamethasone; Ovalbumin

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; DEXAMETHASONE; OVALBUMIN; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG WEIGHT; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ASCOMYCETES; ASTHMA; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; ASTHMA; BETA-GLUCANS; BODY WEIGHT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN;

EID: 84864919491     PISSN: 02536269     EISSN: 19763786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12272-012-0615-8     Document Type: Article

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