Immunological Studies on the Aerial Roots of the Indian Banyan

The aqueous extract of the aerial roots the Indian Banyan, Ficus benghalensis L. (Family: Moraceae) was evaluated for its effect on both specific and non-specific immunity. This extract exhibited a significant increase in percentage phagocytosis by human neutrophils in the in vitro tests. It exhibit...

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Autores principales: Khan, Tabassum, Tatke, Pratima, Gabhe, S. Y.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046734
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0250-474X.42970
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description The aqueous extract of the aerial roots the Indian Banyan, Ficus benghalensis L. (Family: Moraceae) was evaluated for its effect on both specific and non-specific immunity. This extract exhibited a significant increase in percentage phagocytosis by human neutrophils in the in vitro tests. It exhibited promising immunostimulant activity at doses of 50, 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight in SRBC induced hypersensitivity reaction and hemagglutination reaction in rats. The aqueous extract was found to stimulate the cell mediated and antibody mediated immune responses.
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spelling pubmed-27925052009-12-14 Immunological Studies on the Aerial Roots of the Indian Banyan Khan, Tabassum Tatke, Pratima Gabhe, S. Y. Indian J Pharm Sci Research Paper The aqueous extract of the aerial roots the Indian Banyan, Ficus benghalensis L. (Family: Moraceae) was evaluated for its effect on both specific and non-specific immunity. This extract exhibited a significant increase in percentage phagocytosis by human neutrophils in the in vitro tests. It exhibited promising immunostimulant activity at doses of 50, 100, 200 and 400 mg/kg body weight in SRBC induced hypersensitivity reaction and hemagglutination reaction in rats. The aqueous extract was found to stimulate the cell mediated and antibody mediated immune responses. Medknow Publications 2008 /pmc/articles/PMC2792505/ /pubmed/20046734 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0250-474X.42970 Text en © Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Immunological Studies on the Aerial Roots of the Indian Banyan
title Immunological Studies on the Aerial Roots of the Indian Banyan
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title_full_unstemmed Immunological Studies on the Aerial Roots of the Indian Banyan
title_short Immunological Studies on the Aerial Roots of the Indian Banyan
title_sort immunological studies on the aerial roots of the indian banyan
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2792505/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046734
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0250-474X.42970
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