Airborne pollen of Borassus flabellifer: Quantification of allergen and antigen

Aerobiologia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-55

  Chakraborty, Pampa ^a   Gupta, Sudhiranjan ^a   Gupta Bhattacharya, Swati ^a   Chanda, Sunirmal ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aeroallergen; Aeroantigen; Borassus flabellifer pollen; Immunoblotting

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROTEIN;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGY; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

BORASSUS; BORASSUS FLABELLIFER; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0032777029     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007555801812     Document Type: Article

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