Extract of Perilla frutescens Enriched for Rosmarinic Acid, a Polyphenolic Phytochemical, Inhibits Seasonal Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis in Humans

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 229, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 247-254

  Takano, Hirohisa ^a,b   Osakabe, Naomi ^c   Sanbongi, Chiaki ^c   Yanagisawa, Rie ^b   Inoue, Ken Ichiro ^a   Yasuda, Akiko ^c   Natsume, Midori ^c   Baba, Seigo ^c   Ichiishi, Ei Ichiro ^a   Yoshikawa, Toshikazu ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative medicine; Extract of Perilla frutescens; Polymorphonuclear leukocytes; Randomized, double blind, age matched, placebo controlled parallel group study; Rosmarinic acid; Seasonal allergic rhinoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; PERILLA FRUTESCENS EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; ROSMARINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NEUTROPHIL; OCULAR PRURITUS; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PERILLA; PERILLA FRUTESCENS;

EID: 10744221743     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153537020422900305     Document Type: Article

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