Flavonoids for allergic diseases: Present evidence and future perspective

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 879-885

  Tanaka, Toshio ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic rhinitis; Allergy; Asthma; Complementary and alternative medicine; Dietary treatment; Flavonoid; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BASOPHIL; BEVERAGE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINLAND; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL; VEGETABLE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BASOPHILS; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAST CELLS;

EID: 84895091819     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/13816128113199990060     Document Type: Article

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