In a double blind study, the immunomodulator drug levamisole was administered along with chloropromazine to 18 schizophrenic patients, and efficiency of the combination was compared to that of chloropromazine along with placebo administered to 16 schizophrenic patients. The decrease in T suppressor cell count found in both groups at benchmark was found to be corrected in the patients receiving ...

The efficacy of Levamisole Hydrochloride-a standard immunomodulator was tested in cockerel chicks. Forty day old chicks were allocated into two groups A and B. Group A received Levamisole at the recommended dosage of 10.05mg/20 birds for 3 days prior to the NDV vaccinations (B1, LaSota and Komarov). Group B received all the afore mentioned vaccinations but was not treated with Levamisole. Sera ...

Metho ds : Piglets (N = 1606) from a commercial segregated early-weaned (SEW) herd were randomly assigned either to receive one injection of levamisole within 24 hours of birth (T1 group), to receive levamisole once within 24 hours of birth and again at weaning (T2 group), or to a control group. Pigs were individually weighed within 24 hours of birth, at weaning, and at 7 weeks of age. Differen...

BACKGROUND The current live vaccinia virus vaccine used in the prevention of smallpox is contraindicated for millions of immune-compromised individuals. Although vaccination with the current smallpox vaccine produces protective immunity, it might result in mild to serious health complications for some vaccinees. Thus, there is a critical need for the production of a safe virus-free vaccine agai...

POTOČNJAK, D., Ž. PAVIČIĆ, LJ. BEDRICA, B. KRSNIK, A. EKERT KABALIN, M. TORTI, D. ŽUBČIĆ: Plasma cortisol concentrations in gilts treated with immunomodulator during early gravidity. Vet. arhiv ��, �������, ����. ABSTRACT The goal of this research was to ascertain if multiple immunomodulation can decrease stress consequences of gilt relocation from the service station to the prefarrowing unit ...

In ayurveda, a tradional system of medicine, aloe vera (Aloe Barbadensis) is commonly used in sunburn, minor cuts, insect bites and used as wound healing, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antitumor, laxative and in the treatment of frostbite and psoriasis. The whole plant as well as its specific parts (leaves, roots), plant extracts and its active constituent mucopolysaccharides [MPS] (long chain ...

Background Biologic therapy has been used for over 10 years and is increasingly used in the treatment of many chronic inflammatory diseases. At the present time it has a very broad range of applications: rheumatic, dermatologic, gastrointestinal, neurologic and neoplastic diseases. Biologic therapy is represented by immunomodulator agents (antibodies or other peptides) that interfere with the r...

Dialyzable Leukocyte Extract (DLE) is an extract obtained from immune lymphocytes capable of transferring antigenspecific information for cell-mediated immunity (CMI) from an immunized donor to a naïve recipient. Those products, also called Transfer Factors (TF), are peptides of 3500-6000 kDa in molecular weight; light yellow fluid with pH 6.5-7.0, composed of oligoribonucleotides attached a pe...

Biological and most of all immunological effects of natural immunomodulator glucan are already well established. However, since hundreds of individual glucans, isolated from various sources, used at different concentrations and having different physicochemical characteristics are being used, the current scientific knowledge is not complete. In addition, direct comparisons of individual glucans ...

Cocaine abuse is relatively common in our society. To enhance profitability and acceptability of the product, it is not uncommon for illicit drugs to undergo several processes. The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has reported that seventy percent (70%) of cocaine seized at USA borders has been adulterated with levamisole, previously used as chemotherapeutic and immunomodulator for several conditi...