a drug or nutrient which stimulates the body's immune system
Examples of 'immunostimulant' in a sentence
immunostimulant
Enhancement of immune response using immunostimulant had been proven in aquaculture.
. Sunarto, . Suriansyah, . Sabariah 2008, 'Effect of Dietary Vitamin C Ascorbic Acid on the Growth Performance and Immune Responseof Betok Anabas testudineus Bloch', Jurnal Akuakultur Indonesiahttp://journal.ipb.ac.id/index.php/jai/article/view/4048. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Immunostimulant fed hosts up-regulated interleukin-1β in the skin and spleen.
Ben J.G. Sutherland, Jennifer M. Covello, Sarah E. Friend, Jordan D. Poley, KimW. Koczka, Sara L. Purcell, Tara L. MacLeod, Bridget R. Donovan, Jorge Pino, JoseLuis González-Vecino, Javier Gonzalez, Jose Troncoso, Ben F. Koop, Simon L. Wadsworth,Mark D. Fast 2017, 'Host–parasite transcriptomics during immunostimulant-enhanced rejection of salmonlice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) by Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)', FACETShttp://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2017-0020. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In conclusion, propolis acted as a non-specific immunostimulant during a short term treatment protocol.
Metwally M.T., Khafagy A.A.R., Eid H.I., ALgammal A.M. 2013, 'Studies on the Immunostimulatory Effect of Propolis in Diarrheic Buffalo Calves',Journal of Advanced Veterinary Researchhttp://advetresearch.com/index.php/AVR/article/view/128. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)