Effect of oral administration of kynurenic acid on the activity of the peripheral blood leukocytes in mice

Central European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 6-13

  Małaczewska, Joanna ^a   Siwicki, Andrzej Krzysztof ^a   Wójcik, Roman Marcin ^a   Kaczorek, Edyta ^a   Turski, Waldemar Andrzej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antioxidant properties; Kynurenic acid; Oxidative burst; Phagocytic activity; Proliferative response

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; KYNURENIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY BURST; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84900556175     PISSN: 14263912     EISSN: 16444124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/ceji.2014.42115     Document Type: Article

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