Stability of protease-rich Periplaneta americana allergen extract during storage: Formulating preservatives to enhance shelf life

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 294-301

  Sudha, V Thangam ^a,b   Srivastava, Deepsikha ^a,b   Arora, Naveen ^a   Gaur, Shailendra Nath ^c   Singh, Bhanu Pratap ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

aminocaproic acid; Cockroach extract; ELISA inhibition; Immunoblot; Periplaneta americana; Stability

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; APROTININ; GLYCEROL; PEPSTATIN; PROTEINASE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPLANETA; PERIPLANETA AMERICANA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; SHELF LIFE; STANDARD; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; CELL EXTRACTS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENZYME STABILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; PERIPLANETA; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249000441     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-007-9078-y     Document Type: Article

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