Effects of a Spirulina-based dietary supplement on cytokine production from allergic rhinitis patients

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-30

  Mao, T K ^a   Van De Water, J ^a   Gershwin, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Blue green algae; Interleukin 4; Spirulina

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT; SPIRULINA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPIRULINA; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SPIRULINA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; SPIRULINA; UNCULTURED CYANOBACTERIUM;

EID: 18144370772     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2005.8.27     Document Type: Article

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