Intravenous infusion of ascorbic acid decreases serum histamine concentrations in patients with allergic and non-allergic diseases

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 386, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 789-793

  Hagel, Alexander F ^a   Layritz, Christian M ^a   Hagel, Wolfgang H ^b   Hagel, Hans Jürgen ^b   Hagel, Edith ^b   Dauth, Wolfgang ^c   Kressel, Jürgen ^a   Regnet, Tanja ^b   Rosenberg, Andreas ^b   Neurath, Markus F ^a   Molderings, Gerhard J ^d   Raithel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b General Medical Practice   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic diseases; Ascorbic acid; Histamine concentration; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HISTAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; BODY SURFACE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HISTAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINOCONJUNCTIVITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; FEMALE; HISTAMINE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883228344     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: 14321912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-013-0880-1     Document Type: Article

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