Protective effects of Picrorhiza kurroa on cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppression in mice

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 30-35

  Hussain, Arshad ^a   Shadma, Wahab ^a   Maksood, Ali ^b   Ansari, Shahid Hussain ^a,c  

^a INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Pharmacy   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Hematological and serological tests; immunomodulatory activity; Picrorrhiza kurroa; rhizomes

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; PICRORRHIZA KURROA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; KIDNEY MASS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PICRORRHIZA KURROA; RHIZOME; SCROPHULARIACEAE; SPLEEN WEIGHT;

EID: 84873588465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.105646     Document Type: Article

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