Dietary pulverized konjac glucomannan prevents the development of allergic rhinitis-like symptoms and IgE response in mice

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2551-2556

  Onishi, Nobukazu ^a,b   Kawamoto, Seiji ^a   Ueda, Kazuyuki ^a   Yamanaka, Yasushi ^a   Katayama, Akiko ^a   Suzuki, Hidenori ^c   Aki, Tsunehiro ^a   Hashimoto, Kunihiko ^b   Hide, Michihiro ^c   Ono, Kazuhisa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nishikawa Rubber Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; IgE; Pulverized konjac glucomannan

Indexed keywords

KONJAC GLUCOMANNAN (KGM); METABOLIC DISORDERS; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

DERMATITIS; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; METABOLISM;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; KONJAC GLUCO MANNAN; KONJAC GLUCO-MANNAN; MANNAN; OVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POWDER; SNEEZING; SPLEEN; VISCOSITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MANNANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOCYTES; OVALBUMIN; POWDERS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SNEEZING; SPLEEN; VISCOSITY;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 36148982261     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70378     Document Type: Article

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