Immunomodulatory activities and phytochemical characterisation of the methanolic extract of Dioscorea alata aerial tuber

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 23, Issue , 2016, Pages 315-328

  Dey, Priyankar ^a   Ray, Sandipan ^b   Chaudhuri, Tapas Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory; Cytokine; Dioscorea alata; GC MS; HPLC; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960082492     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2016.02.044     Document Type: Article

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