Effects of low molecular weight yeast β-glucan on antioxidant and immunological activities in mice

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 21575-21590

  Lei, Na ^a   Wang, Mi ^a   Zhang, Lifang ^a   Xiao, Sui ^a   Fei, Cheng Zhong ^a   Wang, Xiaoyang ^a   Zhang, Keyu ^a   Zheng, Wenli ^a   Wang, Chunmei ^a   Yang, Ruile ^a   Xue, Feiqun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Immune activity; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Sulfated glucan

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CATALASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INTERLEUKIN 2; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT BETA GLUCAN; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DPPH RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROXYL RADICAL SCAVENGING ASSAY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; MTT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPLEEN; SUPEROXIDE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; THYMUS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA-GLUCANS; IMMUNITY; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 84941236476     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms160921575     Document Type: Article

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