Treatment of food anaphylaxis with traditional Chinese herbal remedies: From mouse model to human clinical trials

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 386-391

  Wang, Julie ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphylaxis; Food allergy; Herbs; Traditional Chinese medicine; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA SINENSIS EXTRACT; CHOLERA TOXIN; CHUAN JIAO; COPTIS CHINENSIS EXTRACT; FOOD ALLERGEN; FOOD ALLERGY HERBAL FORMULA 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAN JIANG; GUL ZHI; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HUANG BAI; LING ZHI; PLACEBO; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; REN SHEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WU MEI;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANGELICA SINENSIS; BASOPHIL; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOMODULATION; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEANUT; PEANUT ALLERGY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

EID: 84880126303     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3283615bc4     Document Type: Review

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