Fig. 1. Isolation of water extract and crude polysaccharides from red cabbage and their HPLC chromatograms.
Fig. 2. Cytotoxic effect of RCW and RCP isolated from the red cabbage on macrophage cells (A) and B16BL6 melanoma cell lines (B) in vitro.
Fig. 3. Effect of RCW and RCP on the secretion of cytokines (IL-6, IL-12 and TNF-α) and nitric oxide (NO) in murine peritoneal macrophages.
Fig. 4. Effect of RCP on cytolytic activity of natural killer (NK) cells ex vivo.
Fig. 5. Inhibitory effect of RCP from red cabbage on lung metastasis produced by i.v. inoculation of B16BL6 melanoma cells.
Fig. 6. Single radial gel diffusion (A) and reactivity (B) between β-glucosyl Yariv reagent and polysaccharide fractions isolated from red cabbage.
Table 1. Analytical conditions of samples by HPLC and GC
Table 2. Chemical properties of RCW and RCP isolated from red cabbage
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