Research Article

Immune-Enhancing Activity of Vitis coignetiae Extract via Increasing Cytokine and Natural Killer Cell Activity in Splenocytes and Cyclophosphamide-Induced Immunosuppressed Rats

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Effects of Vitis coignetiae extract (VCE) on (a) white blood cell, (b) granulocyte, (c) lymphocyte, and (d) midsize cell absolute counts in the whole blood of cyclophosphamide (Cy)-induced immunosuppressed rats. Wistar rats were treated with saline, Cy (5 mg/kg/d), oral VCE (0, 50, 250, and 500 mg/kg/d), and HemoHIM (positive control; 1,000 mg/kg/d) once daily for four weeks, after which whole blood samples were collected for analysis. The levels of white blood cells, granulocytes, lymphocytes, and midsize cells in the blood. Bars labeled with different superscripts have significantly different values ().
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