Sreelekha T T, Vijayakumar T, Ankanthil R, Vijayan K K, Nair M K
Regional Cancer Centre, Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Anticancer Drugs. 1993 Apr;4(2):209-12. doi: 10.1097/00001813-199304000-00013.
A polysaccharide isolated and purified from Tamarindus indica shows immunomodulatory activities such as phagocytic enhancement, leukocyte migration inhibition and inhibition of cell proliferation. These properties suggest that this polysaccharide from T. indica may have some biological applications.