Cytotoxic, antitumor and immunomodulatory effects of the water-soluble polysaccharides from lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) seeds

Molecules

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Zheng, Yafeng ^a   Wang, Qi ^a,b   Zhuang, Weijing ^a   Lu, Xu ^a   Miron, Anca ^c   Chai, Tsun Thai ^d   Zheng, Baodong ^a   Xiao, Jianbo ^e  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN   (Malaysia)

^e University of Macau   (Macao)

Author keywords

Antitumor; Immunomodulatory; Lotus seeds; Polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SCREENING; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NELUMBO; PLANT SEED; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; BIOMARKERS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; IMMUNOMODULATION; MICE; NELUMBO; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEEDS; XENOGRAFT MODEL ANTITUMOR ASSAYS;

EID: 84994047127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21111465     Document Type: Article

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