Warifteine, a bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid, decreases immediate allergic and thermal hyperalgesic reactions in sensitized animals

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 519-525

  Costa, H F ^a   Bezerra Santos, C R ^a   Barbosa Filho, J M ^a   Martins, M A ^b   Piuvezam, M R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cissampelos sympodialis; Immunoglobulin E; Mast cells; Scratching behavior; Thermal hyperalgesia; Warifteine

Indexed keywords

BISBENZYLISOQUINOLINE ALKALOID; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NITRIC OXIDE; OVALBUMIN; SEROTONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARIFTEINE;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCRATCHING; SENSITIZATION; SPLEEN CELL; STIMULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 39949085240     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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