Anti-allergic effects of herbal product from Allium cepa (Bulb)

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 374-382

  Kaiser, P ^a   Youssouf, M S ^a   Tasduq, S A ^a   Singh, S ^a   Sharma, S C ^a   Singh, G D ^a   Gupta, V K ^a   Gupta, B D ^a   Johri, R K ^a  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Allium cepa; Anti inflammatory; Antioxidant; Compound 48 80; Histamine; Mast cell; Paw edema; Type I allergy

Indexed keywords

1,1 DIPHENYL 2 PICRYLHYDRAZYL; ALC 02; CARRAGEENAN; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; HISTAMINE; IBUPROFEN; ONION EXTRACT; OVALBUMIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TRITON X 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONION; PAW EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CALCIUM; EDEMA; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; ERYTHROCYTES; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ONIONS; OVALBUMIN; PICRATES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT ROOTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ALLIUM CEPA; LILIACEAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 67649543847     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2007.0642     Document Type: Article

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