Anti-allergic activity of the Morinda citrifolia extract and its constituents

Pharmacognosy Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 260-265

  Murata, Kazuya ^a   Abe, Yumi ^b   Shinohara, Kaito ^a   Futamura Masuda, Megumi ^a   Uwaya, Akemi ^b   Isami, Fumiyuki ^b   Matsuda, Hideaki ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research and Development Morinda Worldwide Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; contact dermatitis; degranulation; IgE mediated triphasic cutaneous reaction; Morinda citrifolia

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; BAICALEIN; BETA N ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA EXTRACT; PICRYL CHLORIDE; PREDNISOLONE; RUTOSIDE; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRANULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; FRUIT; HISTAMINE RELEASE; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MAST CELL; MORINDA CITRIFOLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; RAT; SENSITIZATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SWELLING;

EID: 84995467181     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09748490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-8490.132608     Document Type: Article

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