Inhibition of mast cell-dependent allergy reaction by extract of black cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-308

  Kim, Chang Deok ^a   Lee, Won Kyung ^b   Lee, Min Ho ^b   Cho, Ho Song ^b   Lee, Yong Koo ^a   Roh, Seok Seon ^a  

^a Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^b LG Household and Healthcare Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Allergy reaction; Black cohosh; Local lymph node assay (LLNA); Mast cells

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA EXTRACT; COMPOUND 48-80; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PLANT EXTRACT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; KOREA; LEUKEMIA CELL; LOCAL LYMPH NODE ASSAY; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PASSIVE SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; PERITONEUM MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALCIMYCIN; CELL LINE; CIMICIFUGA; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; P-METHOXY-N-METHYLPHENETHYLAMINE; PASSIVE CUTANEOUS ANAPHYLAXIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; CAULOPHYLLUM; CIMICIFUGA; CIMICIFUGA DAHURICA; CIMICIFUGA RACEMOSA;

EID: 2942582206     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/IPH-120037728     Document Type: Article

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