Anti-allergic effect of bee pollen phenolic extract and myricetin in ovalbumin-sensitized mice

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Medeiros, K C P ^a   Figueiredo, C A V ^b,c   Figueredo, T B ^b,c   Freire, K R L ^a   Santos, F A R ^d   Alcantara Neves, N M ^b,c   Silva, T M S ^a   Piuvezam, M R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergy; Bee pollen phenolic extract; Flavonoid; Myricetin; Ovalbumin

Indexed keywords

BEE POLLEN PHENOLIC EXTRACT; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; ISOQUERCETIN; ISORHAMNETIN; KAEMPFEROL; LUTEOLIN; MYRICETIN; NARINGENIN; OVALBUMIN; PEROXIDASE; POLLEN EXTRACT; QUERCETIN; TAXIFOLIN; TRICETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BEE EXTRACT; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAW EDEMA; SENSITIZATION;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BEES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL MOVEMENT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLLEN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 49149085454     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.05.036     Document Type: Article

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