Flavonoids and asthma

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2128-2143

  Tanaka, Toshio ^a,b   Takahashi, Ryo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Diet; Flavonoids; Prevention; Treatment and management 1

Indexed keywords

ACACETIN; APIGENIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; BAICALEIN; CATECHIN; CHRYSIN; FISETIN; FLAVANOL DERIVATIVE; FLAVONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GENISTEIN; HESPERIDIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; KAEMPFEROL; LEUKOTRIENE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN; MYRICETIN; PELARGONIDIN; PYCNOGENOL; QUERCETIN; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ASTHMA; BASOPHIL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FRUIT; HUMAN; IC 50; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878990778     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5062128     Document Type: Review

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