Experiment 509255
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IP |
| Organism | Picrorhiza kurroa (SCROPHULARIACEAE) |
| Citation | SHARMA,ML: RAO,SC: DUDA,PL:. (1994). IMMUNOSTIMULARTORY ACTIVITY OF PICRORHIZA KURROA LEAF EXTRACT.. 41(1/2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A 50% ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF PICRORHIZA KURROA LEAVES (PKLE) WAS FOUND TO STIMULATE THE CELL-MEDIATED AND HUMORAL COMPONENTS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AS WELL AS PHAGOCYTOSIS IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS. PKLE ELICITED A DOSE-RELATED INCREASE IN SRBC, INDUCED HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS IN MICE AND RATS, AND HORSE SERUM INDUCED ARTHRUS REACTION IN GUINEA PIGS. IT ALSO ENHANCED THE HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSES IN MICE AND RATS AND PHAGOCYTIC FUNCTION OF THE CELLS OF THE RETICULOENDOTHELIAL SYSTEM IN MICE. PLKE EXHIBITED NO MITOGENIC ACTIVITY BUT AUGMENTED THE RESPONSIVENESS OF MURINE SPLENOCYTES TO T CELL MITOGENS. (PHA) AND (CON A) AND B CELL MITOGEN. |
| Dose amount | 25.0 MG |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | RAT |
| Per unit | KG |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | ETOH(DEFATTED WITH PET ETHER)EXTRACT |
| Gender | MALE |