Immediate inhibition by oral l-ephedrine of passive cutaneous anaphylaxis of rats: Indirect inhibition of anaphylactic chemical mediator release from the mast cell

Inflammation Research

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 553-559

  Shibata, H ^a   Minami, E ^a   Hirata, R ^b   Mizutani, N ^b   Nabe, T ^b   Kohno, S ^b  

^a Kotaro Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ephedrine; Histamine; Mast cell; Passive cutaneous anaphylaxis; Vascular permeability

Indexed keywords

EPHEDRINE; HISTAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MAST CELL; MEDIATOR RELEASE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; EPHEDRINE; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; MALE; MAST CELLS; PASSIVE CUTANEOUS ANAPHYLAXIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0033793610     PISSN: 10233830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000110050631     Document Type: Article

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