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Modulation of natural killer cell activity by water soluble polysaccharides from the roots of Asparagus racemosus L
M Thakur, P Connellan, MA Deseo, C Morris, VK Dixit · Zeitschrift für Phytotherapie · 2009 · Heft 08
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Asparagus racemosus L. (Fam. Liliaceae) is an ethno-pharmacologically acclaimed Ayurvedic medicinal plant [1]. The plant belongs to the category of 'Rasayana' i.e., plants possessing immunomodulatory and adaptogenic activity [2]. Although there have been claims on immune system potentiation by aqueous extracts of A. racemosus, there is a lack of information specifying the exact molecular mechanism and phytochemical components responsible for the immuno-stimulatory activity. In the present study, an aqueous extract of A. racemosus (ARC) was further fractionated to isolate the polysaccharide fraction (ARP). The is…
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Asparagus
Blood
Aromatherapy
Biology
Tumor
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