Immunomodulating polysaccharides from leaves of the Malian medicinal tree Combretum glutinosum; structural differences between small and large leaves can substantiate the preference for small leaves by some healers
Silje Glæserud1, Tom Erik Grønhaug1, Terje E. Michaelsen1,2, Marit Inngjerdingen3,
Hilde Barsett1, Drissa Diallo4 and Berit Smestad Paulsen1*
1School of Pharmacy, P.O.Box 1068 Blindern, UiO, 0316 Oslo, Norway.
2Norwegian institute of Public Health. Postboks 4404 Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway.
3Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, P.O.Box 4950 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway.
4Department of Traditional Medicine, BP 1746, Bamako, Mali.
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