Immunomodulatory and antioxidative potential of herb (Pueraria tuberosa) in mice using milk as the carrier

International Journal of Dairy Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-206

  Sawale, Pravin Digambar ^a   Singh, Ram Ran Bijoy ^a   Kapila, Suman ^a   Arora, Sumit ^a   Rastogi, Subha ^b   Rawat, Ajay Kumar Singh ^b  

^a NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidative; Immunomodulatory; Lymphocyte proliferation index; Phagocytosis; Pueraria tuberosa; TBARS

Indexed keywords

MUS; PUERARIA; PUERARIA TUBEROSA;

EID: 84875898921     PISSN: 1364727X     EISSN: 14710307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0307.12011     Document Type: Article

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