Clinical efficacy of halophilic lactic acid bacterium Tetragenococcus halophilus Th221 from soy sauce moromi for perennial allergic rhinitis

Allergology International

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-185

  Nishimura, Ikuko ^a   Igarashi, Toshinori ^a   Enomoto, Tadao ^b   Dake, Yoshihiro ^c   Okuno, Yoshiaki ^d   Obata, Akio ^a  

^a KIKKOMAN CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Dake ENT Clinic   (Japan)

^d Okuno ENT Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical efficacy; Immunoglobulin E; Lactic acid bacteria; Perennial allergic rhinitis; Soy sauce

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLACEBO; TH 221; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOSE IRRITATION; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINORRHEA; TETRAGENOCOCCUS HALOPHILUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, DERMATOPHAGOIDES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DUST; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PEDIOCOCCUS; PROBIOTICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, PERENNIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SNEEZING; SOY FOODS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651176266     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.O-08-548     Document Type: Article

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