Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
- Volume 3 Issue 3
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- Pages.282-286
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- 1998
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- 2287-1098(pISSN)
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- 2287-8602(eISSN)
Effects of Kimchi Extracts on Interleukin-2 Production and Natural Killer Cell Activity in Mice
- Kim, Kwang-Hyuk (Dept. of Microbiology, Kosin Medical College) ;
- Kim, So-Hee (Dept.of Food and Nutrition, and Institute of Environment and Health, Dong-Ju College) ;
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Rhee, Sook-Hee
(Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition , and Kimchi Research Institute Pusan National University) ;
- Park, Kun-Young (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition , and Kimchi Research Institute, Pusan Nation University)
- Published : 1998.09.01
Abstract
To determine the immune effect of kimchi extracts in mice, 0.5mg/day of the extracts from kimchis, which were prepared with conventionally (general kimchi)and organically(organic kimchi) cultivated ingredients, were treated orally to male BALB/c mice. Following 1, 3 and 5 weeks of treatment , the Interleukin-2(IL-2) production in the presence (con-A-stimulated )or the absence(spontaneous)of con A 95