BACKGROUND & AIM To analyze the clinical impact and cost-effectiveness of parenteral immunonutrition (PN). METHODS Prospective clinical trial of a group of 105 patients operated on for gastric carcinoma between 2001-2003. During the postoperative period, patients were randomly allocated to one of three groups: standard PN (A), PN + glutamine (B) and PN + omega-3-FA (C). The rate and type of c...

Immunopharmacology is the study of the use of pharmacological agents as modulators of immune responses. The principal applications are in the use of immunosuppressive agents (i.e., compounds that suppress undesirable immune responses) and immunostimulating agents (i.e., drugs, microorganisms, or biological products that enhance or augment immune responses). Three major indications for immunothe...

Aim of study: To evaluate antimicrobial, immunomodulatory and hepatomodulatory effects aqueous extracts Petiveria alliacea L. (Guinea hen weed) root leaf on growing pullets.Area Abeokuta, Nigeria.Material methods: Two hundred eighty eight eight-weeks-old Isa-brown pullets were divided into treatments which consisted in birds administered or at four different concentrations (0, 15, 30 45 ɡ/L). E...