title: Isolation and partial characterization of immunostimulating polysaccharides from Imperata cylindrica.
abstract: The water-soluble crude extract prepared from Imperata cylindrica (Beauv.) was investigated for its immunomodulating activity. A set of polysaccharides with high molecular weights has been isolated by fractionation using gel filtration and anion-exchange chromatography. Each step of purification was monitored by bioassays. The presence of six monosaccharides has been established by chemical analysis. Quantitative analysis showed that the ratio of these monosaccharides differed from one polysaccharide to another. The crude extract as well as some of the purified polysaccharides enhance the proliferation of murine splenocytes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique des Substances Naturelles, UMR 7509-CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pinilla
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Luu
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D010936:Plant Extracts; D011134:Polysaccharides