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| Family | Scientific name | Plant part | Extract | Model of immunosuppression and duration of the experiment [range of dose tested] | Immunostimulatory effects (compared to immunosuppressed mice) | Reference |
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| Anacardiaceae | Amphipterygium adstringens (Schltdl.) Standl. | Bk | H2O | BALB/c mice bearing lymphoma L5178Y for 10 days [10 mg/kg p.o.] | Proliferation of splenocytes (2.0-fold) at 10 mg/kg | [51] |
| Asteraceae | Tridax procumbens L. | Ap | H2O | Immunocompetent Swiss mice for 6 days [250 and 500 mg/kg i.p.] | Increase of leukocyte number (1.4-fold) at 500 mg/kg
Increase in phagocytic index (0.3-fold) at 500 mg/kg | [22] |
| Bignoniaceae | Tabebuia chrysantha (Jacq.) G. Nicholson | Lv | H2O : EtOH (1 : 1) | Wistar rats immunized with sheep red blood cells for 17 days [1000 mg/kg p.o.] | Increase of leucocyte number (1.2-fold) at 1000 mg/kg | [24] |
| Cactaceae | Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose | Sm | EtOH | BALB/c mice bearing lymphoma L5178Y for 22 days [10 mg/kg p.o.] | Proliferation of lymphocytes (0.2-fold) at 10 mg/kg | [25] |
| Molluginaceae | Mollugo verticillata L. | Ap | EtOH | Mice inoculated with 0.1 mg Bacillus Calmette–Guérin for 7 days [500 mg/kg p.o.] | NO production (3.1-fold) at 500 mg/kg | [52] |
| Phytolaccaceae | Petiveria alliacea L. | Ap | H2O | BALB/c mice treated with 5-fluorouracil for 4 days [400 and 1200 mg/kg p.o.] | Increase of leukocyte number (1.4-fold) at 1200 mg/kg | [53] |
| Santalaceae | Phoradendron serotinum (Raf.) M. C. Johnst. | Lv | EtOH | C57BL/6 mice bearing TC-1 tumor for 25 days [1–10 mg/kg i.p.] | Production of IFN-γ (1.3-fold), IL-2 (2.1-fold), and IL-6 (2.1-fold) at 10 mg/kg | [41] |
| Urticaceae | Phenax rugosus (Poir.) Wedd. | Lv | H2O : EtOH (1 : 1) | Wistar rats immunized with sheep red blood cells for 17 days [1000 mg/kg p.o.] | Increase of leucocyte number (1.5-fold) at 1000 mg/kg | [24] |
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