Screening Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants For Immunomodulatory And Haemolytic Activities

Twenty-six water-soluble extracts from eighteen local medicinal plant specirs and fourteen methanol extracts from ten medicinal plants were screened in order to find new immunomodulating substances from those medicinal plants. Effects on lymphocyte proliferation and macrophage function in host de...

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Main Author: Samat, Nor Azura
Format: Thesis
Language:English
English
Published: 2003
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11249/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11249/1/FPSK_M_2003_6.pdf
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description Twenty-six water-soluble extracts from eighteen local medicinal plant specirs and fourteen methanol extracts from ten medicinal plants were screened in order to find new immunomodulating substances from those medicinal plants. Effects on lymphocyte proliferation and macrophage function in host defense mechanism including the nitric oxide (NO) production, phagocytic activity and intracellular killing ability were tested. Lymphocyte or macrophage was treated with those extracts at the concentration of 2.5 - 50J..lg/ ml. Four of the water-soluble extracts shows mitogenicity where it causes highest mitogenicity at different concentrations. Both methanol and water-soluble extracts failed to alter or improve macrophage function neither of its phagocytic activity nor its intracellular killing ability. The water extracts of S. torvum (stem bark), C. asiatica, S. grandiflora, U. lobata (stem bark) and G. vulgaris (leaves) produce NO significantly. Apart from that, haemolyti c activity was also determined.
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spelling upm-112492024-06-13T01:48:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11249/ Screening Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants For Immunomodulatory And Haemolytic Activities Samat, Nor Azura Twenty-six water-soluble extracts from eighteen local medicinal plant specirs and fourteen methanol extracts from ten medicinal plants were screened in order to find new immunomodulating substances from those medicinal plants. Effects on lymphocyte proliferation and macrophage function in host defense mechanism including the nitric oxide (NO) production, phagocytic activity and intracellular killing ability were tested. Lymphocyte or macrophage was treated with those extracts at the concentration of 2.5 - 50J..lg/ ml. Four of the water-soluble extracts shows mitogenicity where it causes highest mitogenicity at different concentrations. Both methanol and water-soluble extracts failed to alter or improve macrophage function neither of its phagocytic activity nor its intracellular killing ability. The water extracts of S. torvum (stem bark), C. asiatica, S. grandiflora, U. lobata (stem bark) and G. vulgaris (leaves) produce NO significantly. Apart from that, haemolyti c activity was also determined. 2003-09 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11249/1/FPSK_M_2003_6.pdf Samat, Nor Azura (2003) Screening Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants For Immunomodulatory And Haemolytic Activities. Masters thesis, Universiti Putra Malaysia. English
spellingShingle Samat, Nor Azura
Screening Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants For Immunomodulatory And Haemolytic Activities
title Screening Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants For Immunomodulatory And Haemolytic Activities
title_full Screening Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants For Immunomodulatory And Haemolytic Activities
title_fullStr Screening Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants For Immunomodulatory And Haemolytic Activities
title_full_unstemmed Screening Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants For Immunomodulatory And Haemolytic Activities
title_short Screening Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants For Immunomodulatory And Haemolytic Activities
title_sort screening of malaysian medicinal plants for immunomodulatory and haemolytic activities
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11249/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11249/1/FPSK_M_2003_6.pdf