Method for enhancing effect of immunotherapy for cancer
AssigneePhytohealth Corporation
InventorsLiang-Shun Wang, Chi-Tai Yeh, Chun-Hung Wu, Yi-Li Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for enhancing the effect of an immunotherapy for cancer in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a polysaccharide extract of Astragalus membranaceus. Also disclosed is a method for increasing a subject's pool of M1 macrophages, wherein the subject is suffering from one or more conditions associated with undesirable M2 macrophage activation, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a polysaccharide extract of Astragalus membranaceus.
Claims4
A method for increasing a subject's pool of M1 macrophages, wherein the subject is suffering from one or more conditions associated with undesirable M2 macrophage activation, the method comprising
- administering to the subject an effective amount of a polysaccharide extract of Astragalus membranaceus, said polysaccharide extract comprising an arabinose:galactose ratio ranging from about 1.5:1 to about 3:1;
- from about 5% to about 15% arabinose;
- less than about 1.5% rhamnose;
- from about 3% to about 7% galactose;
- less than about 4% galacturonic acid;
- and, from about 70% to about 90% glucose.
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