In Vitro and in Vivo Immunomodulatory Activity of Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.) Polysaccharides

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 253-265

  Chen, Huricha ^a   Jiao, Hanwei ^a   Cheng, Ying ^a   Xu, Kailian ^a   Jia, Xiaoxiao ^a   Shi, Qiaoyun ^a   Guo, Shiyu ^a   Wang, Manchuriga ^a   Du, Li ^a   Wang, Fengyang ^a  

^a HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cytokine; nitric oxide; okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.); polysaccharide; RAW264.7

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIETHYLAMINOETHYL CELLULOSE; GALACTOSE; GALACTURONIC ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; NITRIC OXIDE; OKRA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE; RHAMNOGALACTURONAN 1; RHAMNOSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL LINE RAW 264.7; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OKRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ABELMOSCHUS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; RAW 264.7 CELL LINE; SPLEEN;

ABELMOSCHUS; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYSACCHARIDES; RAW 264.7 CELLS; SPLEEN;

EID: 84962567752     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: 15577600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2015.3513     Document Type: Article

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