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Augmentation and proliferation of T lymphocytes and Th-1 cytokines by Withania somnifera in stressed mice

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Title Augmentation and proliferation of T lymphocytes and Th-1 cytokines by Withania somnifera in stressed mice
 
Creator Khan, Beenish
Ahmad, Sheikh Fayaz
Bani, Sarang
Kaul, Anpurna
Suri, K.A.
Satti, N.K.
Athar, M.
Qazi, G.N.
 
Subject Pharmacological Sciences
 
Description Stress has been associated with reports of both greater severity and prolongation of diseases in patients with the infectious origin as well as other immune-mediated diseases. Withania somnifera, an Indian medicinal plant used widely in the treatment of many clinical conditions in India, was investigated for its anti-stress properties using BALB/c mice subjected to chronic stress. The study
aimed to investigate chronic stress-induced alterations on Th1 lymphocyte subset distribution and corresponding cytokine secretion patterns. Oral administration of chemically standardized and identified aqueous fraction of W. somnifera root (WS) at the graded doses of 25, 50, 100 and 200 mg/kg p.o. caused significant increase in the stress-induced depleted T-cell population and increased
the expression of Th1 cytokines in chronically stressed mice.
 
Date 2006
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Identifier http://iiim.csircentral.net/222/1/10.1016j.intimp.2006.04.001.pdf
Khan, Beenish and Ahmad, Sheikh Fayaz and Bani, Sarang and Kaul, Anpurna and Suri, K.A. and Satti, N.K. and Athar, M. and Qazi, G.N. (2006) Augmentation and proliferation of T lymphocytes and Th-1 cytokines by Withania somnifera in stressed mice. International Immunopharmacology, 6 (9). pp. 1394-1403. ISSN 15675769
 
Relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.intimp.2006.04.001
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