Effect of honey on antibody production against thymus-dependent and thymus-independent antigens in primary and secondary immune responses
Effect of honey on antibody production against thymus-dependent and thymus-independent antigens in primary and secondary immune responses
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DOI:
10.1089/jmf.2004.7.491
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发表时间:
2004-12-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Haq, A
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作者:
Al-Waili, NS;Haq, A
The objective was to study the effect of natural pure honey on the antibody production against thymus-dependent antigen [sheep red blood cells (SRBCs)] and thyrnus-independent antigen (Escherichia coli) in mice. Forty-two mice (mean weight 28.33 +/- 3.44 g) were divided into two groups: group A (21 mice) fed regular diet and group B (21 mice) fed regular diet plus 0.8 g/kg of body weight/day of honey administered in four equally divided doses. Each animal was injected intraperitoneally with 0.1 mL of 5% SRBCs and 0.1 mL of killed E. coli. The same dose of both antigens was given after 17 days. At days 7 and 16 after primary immunization and Lit day 4 after secondary immunization, blood samples were collected from seven mice at each time interval front group A and group B to estimate antibody titer using the hemoaggulination test. At day 7 after primary immunization, the mean antibody titer against SRBCs was 9.14 +/- 3.02 in group A and 13.7 +/- 3.9 in group B (P