Identification of epicatechin as one of the key bioactive constituents of polyphenol-enriched extracts that demonstrate an anti-allergic effect in a murine model of food allergy

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 358-368

  Singh, Anurag ^a,b   Demont, Audrey ^a   Actis Goretta, Lucas ^a   Holvoet, Sébastien ^a   Lévêques, Antoine ^a   Lepage, Melissa ^a   Nutten, Sophie ^a   Mercenier, Annick ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

^b Clinical Development Unit   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Epicatechin; Food allergy; Immune responses; Polyphenols

Indexed keywords

APPLE EXTRACT; CATECHIN; CHYMASE; COCOA EXTRACT; EPICATECHIN; EVESSE APPLE EXTRACT; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PHLORIZIN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROCYANIDIN B2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTERLEUKIN 12P35; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 22; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; PROCYANIDIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIALLERGIC ACTIVITY; APPLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LYMPH NODE CELL; PROVOCATION TEST; SENSITIZATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CATECHIN; CHYMASES; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINE, SMALL; LYMPH NODES; MALUS; MESENTERY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLYPHENOLS;

EID: 84903785900     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114514000877     Document Type: Article

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