Lignified natural products as potential medicinal resources. I. Potentiation of hemolytic plaque-forming cell production in mice.
We have found that water-soluble extracts of lignified natural products are strong potentiaters of hemolytic plaque-forming cell production in mice. Apparently, the active components involved belong to a lignin family. Consequently, study of medicinal potential, especially immunopotentiating capacity, of lignified materials is important.
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, Japan.
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D000818:Animals; D000921:Antibody-Producing Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D001487:Basidiomycota / Q000032:analysis; D006462:Hemolytic Plaque Technique; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008031:Lignin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000032:analysis
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