AUTHOR=Chowdhury Roshni R., Ghosh Swapan K.

TITLE=Phytol-Derived Novel Isoprenoid Immunostimulants

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Immunology

VOLUME=Volume 3 - 2012

YEAR=2012

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00049

DOI=10.3389/fimmu.2012.00049

ISSN=1664-3224

ABSTRACT=This review describes the adjuvanticity of novel diterpenoids (synthetic phytol derivatives) compared to some commercially available adjuvants. The efficacy of the phytol-derived immunostimulants was evaluated in terms of their ability to activate innate immunity, amplify various antigen-specific immune responses and engender immunological memory with no discernible adverse effects in both competent and immune-deficient mice. The profile that emerges out of these studies reveals that the phytol derivatives are excellent immunostimulants, superior in many respects to a number of commercial adjuvants.