Saiboku-to, a Kampo herbal medicine, inhibits LTC4 release from eosinophils

Saiboku-to, a Kampo herbal medicine, inhibits LTC4 release from eosinophils

Saiboku-to (TJ-96), a traditional Kampo herbal formation, has been used in the treatment of bronchial asthma in Japan as an anti-allergy herbal medicine. We investigated the effect of TJ-96 on leukotriene (LT)C4 release from eosinophils and basophils isolated from healthy volunteers. Pre-incubation...

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Main Authors: Koichi Hirai, Yasuko Asada, Toshiaki Takaishi, Toshiharu Nakajima, Yutaka Morita, Jong-Chol Cyong, Koji Ito
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1998-01-01
Series:Allergology International
Subjects:
basophil
bronchial asthma
eosinophil
Glycyrrhiza root
LTC4
Saiboku-to
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015315690

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