Immunomodulatory activity of Madhuca longifolia

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of Madhuca latifolia on immunomodulatory activity that comprises of screening to identify the activity of ethanolic extract of Madhuca latifolia on humoral and cell mediated immunity (specific immune response). Experiments were conducted in vivo in Swiss albino mice. Madhuca latifolia ethanolic extract was found to enhance humoral immune response on 7th day by 13 % as compared to the standard control cyclophosphamide that exhibited 54% humoral immune response, where as cell mediated immune response was observed with an enhancement in the values (20.27%) in comparison with control cyclosporine (37.63%).

Author(s): Reena Purohit, Santosh Kr Singh, Asima Shaban, Rajesh Nautiyal, M. C Purohit and Satish K. Verma

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