Effect of the aqueous extract of Aquilaria agallocha stems on the immediate hypersensitivity reactions

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-38

  Kim, Y C ^a   Lee, E H ^a   Lee, Y M ^a   Kim, H K ^a   Song, B K ^a   Lee, E J ^a   Kim, H M ^a  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aquilaria agallocha; cAMP; Immediate hypersensitivity; Mast cells; Thymelaeaceae

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND 48-80; CYCLIC AMP; KETOTIFEN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KOREA; MALE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PASSIVE SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; PERITONEUM MAST CELL; RAT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEGRANULATION; CYCLIC AMP; DINITROPHENOLS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; MAST CELLS; P-METHOXY-N-METHYLPHENETHYLAMINE; PASSIVE CUTANEOUS ANAPHYLAXIS; PERITONEUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT STEMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WATER;

EID: 0030883311     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(97)00075-5     Document Type: Article

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