Anti-allergic activity of standardized extract of Albizia lebbeck with reference to catechin as a phytomarker

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 272-276

  Venkatesh, Pichairajan ^a   Mukherjee, Pulok K ^a   Kumar, Nanjappan Satheesh ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Arun ^b   Fukui, Hiroyuki ^c   Mizuguchi, Hiroyuki ^c   Islam, Nurul ^c  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albizia lebbeck; Anti allergy; Catechin; Histamine estimation; Mast cell stabilization

Indexed keywords

ALBIZIA LEBBECK EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALBIZIA LEBBECK; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG STRUCTURE; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTAMINE RELEASE; IC 50; MALE; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALBIZZIA; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CATECHIN; CELL DEGRANULATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HISTAMINE; HISTAMINE RELEASE; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALE; MAST CELLS; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; PLANT BARK; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

ALBIZIA LEBBECK; MUS;

EID: 77952225600     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923970903305481     Document Type: Article

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