Immunomodulatory activity of methanol leaf extracts of Cameroonian medicinal plants

Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 267-275

  Djafoua, Yves Marcel ^a   Mouokeu, Raymond Simplice ^b   Tume, Christopher ^a   Kamtchueng, Monique Odette ^a   Kuiate, Jules Roger ^a  

^a Laboratory of Microbiology and Antimicrobial Substances   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DOUALA   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

delay type hypersensitivity reactions; immunomodulatory activity; myelosuppression; nitric oxide; plant extract

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARPUS MANNII EXTRACT; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; ASYSTASIA INTRUSA EXTRACT; CAUCALIS MELANANTHA EXTRACT; CLEMATIS CHINENSIS EXTRACT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; METHANOL; NITRIC OXIDE; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ADENOCARPUS MANNII; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APIACEAE; ARTICLE; ASYSTASIA INTRUSA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CAUCALIS MELANANTHA; CELL CULTURE; CLEMATIS CHINENSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FOOT PAD; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEGUME; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER WEIGHT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; RANUNCULACEAE; SPLEEN WEIGHT; ACANTHACEAE; ANGIOSPERM; ANIMAL; CAMEROON; CLEMATIS; DRUG EFFECTS; FABACEAE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; OCIMUM; SPLEEN;

ACANTHACEAE; ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; APIACEAE; CAMEROON; CLEMATIS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FABACEAE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; NITRIC OXIDE; OCIMUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SPLEEN;

EID: 84945925396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15533840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jcim-2014-0023     Document Type: Article

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