Mast cell stabilization and antihistaminic potentials of Curculigo orchioides rhizomes

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 434-436

  Venkatesh, P ^a   Mukherjee, Pulok K ^a   Nema, Satheesh Kumar ^a   Nema, Neelesh K ^a   Bandyopadhyay, A ^b   Fukui, Hiroyuki ^c   Mizuguchi, Hiroyuki ^c  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compound 48 80; Curculigo orchioides; Indian traditional medicine; Mast cell stabilization; Systemic anaphylaxis

Indexed keywords

COMPOUND 48-80; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CUCURLIGO ORCHIOIDES EXTRACT; HISTAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIHISTAMINIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCURLIGO ORCHIOIDES; DRUG ACTIVITY; HERB; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INDIA; MALE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MAST CELL; RHIZOME; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEGRANULATION; CURCULIGO; HISTAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; P-METHOXY-N-METHYLPHENETHYLAMINE; PLANT EXTRACTS;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; CURCULIGO ORCHIOIDES; MUS;

EID: 70449732299     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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