Pharmacological and immunological effects of individual herbs in the Food Allergy Herbal Formula-2 (FAHF-2) on peanut allergy

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 651-659

  Kattan, Jacob D ^a   Srivastava, Kamal D ^a   Zhong, Mei Zou ^a   Goldfarb, Joseph ^a   Sampson, Hugh A ^a   Li, Xiu Min ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; IgE; Peanut allergy; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

CHUAN JIAO EXTRACT; COPTIS CHINENSIS EXTRACT; DANG GUI EXTRACT; FOOD ALLERGY HERBAL FORMULA 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAN JIANG EXTRACT; GUI ZHI EXTRACT; HUANG BAI EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LING ZHI EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; REN SHEN EXTRACT; WU MEI EXTRACT;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGELICA SINENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CINNAMOMUM CASSIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORK TREE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FOOD ALLERGY; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; GINGER; GINSENG; HERBAL MEDICINE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEANUT ALLERGY; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICE; PEANUT HYPERSENSITIVITY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MURINAE;

EID: 44149099071     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2357     Document Type: Article

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