Pycnogenol® inhibits immunoglobulin E-mediated allergic response in mast cells

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1691-1695

  Choi, Yun Ho ^a   Yan, Guang Hai ^b  

^a Chonbuk National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b YANBIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Calcium; Histamine; Mast cells; Nuclear factor kappa B; Pycnogenol

Indexed keywords

AZELASTINE; BIOFLAVONOID; HISTAMINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PYCNOGENOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; CALCIUM; FLAVONOID; PYCNOGENOLS;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; PERITONEUM MAST CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINE; SECRETION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

PINUS PINASTER; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CALCIUM; CELL SURVIVAL; FLAVONOIDS; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MAST CELLS; NF-KAPPA B; PASSIVE CUTANEOUS ANAPHYLAXIS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PINUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 73449090144     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2812     Document Type: Article

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