Clinical effects of a hop water extract on Japanese cedar pollinosis during the pollen season: A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1955-1962

  Segawa, Shuichi ^a   Takata, Yoshihiro ^a   Wakita, Yoshihisa ^a   Kaneko, Takafumi ^a   Kaneda, Hirotaka ^a   Watari, Junji ^a   Enomoto, Tatsuko ^b   Enomoto, Tadao ^c  

^a SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD   (Japan)

^b Enomoto Otolaryngology Clinic   (Japan)

^c JAPANESE RED CROSS WAKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Eosinophil; Hop water extract; Human clinical trial; Japanese cedar pollinosis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIES; BLOOD; EYE PROTECTION; WATER;

EOSINOPHILS; HOP WATER EXTRACT; HUMAN CLINICAL TRIAL; JAPANESE CEDAR POLLINOSIS;

DISEASES;

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HUMULUS; IMMUNOLOGY; JAPAN; JAPANESE CEDAR; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CRYPTOMERIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMULUS; JAPAN; MALE; PLACEBOS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA; HUMULUS;

EID: 36148942825     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70157     Document Type: Article

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