Evaluation of the anti-allergic activity of Citrus unshiu using rat basophilic leukemia RBL-2H3 cells as well as basophils of patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis to pollen

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 511-515

  Kobayashi, Shoko ^a   Tanabe, Soichi ^b  

^a TAKASAKI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Akt; Anti allergic activity; Basophils; Citrus unshiu; Hesperetin; Nobiletin; Rhinitis to pollen

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CHEMISTRY; CITRUS FRUIT; DEGRANULATION; DRUG EFFECT; HAY FEVER; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MAST CELL LEUKEMIA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; POLLEN; RAT; SECRETION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BASOPHILS; BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; CELL DEGRANULATION; CITRUS; FLAVONOIDS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKEMIA, BASOPHILIC, ACUTE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; POLLEN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RATS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL;

EID: 33644966757     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.17.3.511     Document Type: Article

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