Alleviative Effects of a Kampo (a Japanese Herbal) Medicine “Maoto (Ma-Huang-Tang)” on the Early Phase of Influenza Virus Infection and Its Possible Mode of Action
Figure 8
Neutralization of the influenza virus-bound antibody titers in the BALF and serum from uninfected mice by influenza vaccine. The BALF and serum from uninfected A/J mice were incubated with purified influenza A/PR/8/34 vaccine at 4°C overnight and then centrifuged at 10,000 ×g, 4°C for 5 minutes. The influenza virus-bound IgM antibody titers in the supernatant from serum (a) and BALF (b) were determined with ELISA. Open columns show the water-administered mice and hatched columns show maoto extract-administered mice. Values represent mean ± S.E. (–6).
