Immunomodulatory activity of polysaccharides isolated from Alchornea cordifolia

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 232-242

  Kouakou, Koffi ^a   Schepetkin, Igor A ^b   Yapi, Ahoua ^c   Kirpotina, Liliya N ^b   Jutila, Mark A ^b   Quinn, Mark T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institut National de la Santé   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

Alchornea cordifolia; Alternative medicine; Cytokine; Immunomodulation; Macrophage; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ARABINOGALACTAN; DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 12; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 13; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN KINASE B BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLANT LEAF; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; EUPHORBIACEAE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MACROPHAGES; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NF-KAPPA B; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT;

ALCHORNEA; ALCHORNEA CORDIFOLIA; MURINAE;

EID: 84874111817     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2012.12.037     Document Type: Article

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