Screening of immunomodulatory activity of total and protein extracts of some Moroccan medicinal plants

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-253

  Daoudi, Abdeljlil ^a   Aarab, Lotfi ^a   Abdel Sattar, Essam ^b,c  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Citrullus colocynthis; Datura stramonium; Immunomodulatory activity; Lepidium sativium; MTT assay; protein extract; total extract

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; AMMI VISNAGA EXTRACT; ARISTOLOCHIA LONGA EXTRACT; CAPPARIS SPINOSA EXTRACT; COLOCYNTH EXTRACT; CONCANAVALIN A; DATURA STRAMONIUM EXTRACT; DELPHYNIUM STAPHYSAGRIA EXTRACT; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM EXTRACT; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; JUNCUS ACUNTIS EXTRACT; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM EXTRACT; MARRUBIUM VULGARE EXTRACT; PIPER CUBEBA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; SINAPIS NIGRA EXTRACT; TETRACLINIS ARTICULATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA DIOICA EXTRACT;

AMMI VISNAGA; ANIMAL CELL; ARISTOLOCHIA; ARISTOLOCHIA LONGA; ARTICLE; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CARDAMOM; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLOCYNTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATURA STRAMONIUM; DELPHYNIUM STAPHYSAGRIA; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; JUNCUS ACUNTIS; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MARRUBIUM; MARRUBIUM VULGARE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MITOGENESIS; MOROCCO; NONHUMAN; PIPER CUBEBA; SINAPIS; SINAPIS NIGRA; SPLEEN CELL; STIMULATION; TETRACLINIS ARTICULATA; URTICA DIOICA;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CITRULLUS; CONCANAVALIN A; DATURA STRAMONIUM; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MICE; MOROCCO; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RATS; SPLEEN;

AMMI VISNAGA; ARISTOLOCHIA; BRASSICA NIGRA; CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; DATURA STRAMONIUM; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; MARRUBIUM VULGARE; PIPER CUBEBA; TETRACLINIS ARTICULATA; URTICA DIOICA;

EID: 84875734967     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233711430972     Document Type: Article

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