canavalia ensiformis/hypersensitivity

Canavalia gladiata has been used as a Chinese traditional folk medicine for its anti-inflammatory properties. However, the use of C. gladiata is limited because it contains antinutritional and allergy-causing proteins. We fermented C. gladiata with Aspergillus oryzae and investigated the effects of

An investigation into the possible role of lectin binding of IgE in RAST of legume and wheat extracts is reported. Lectins from pea, broad bean, lentil, jack bean, soybean, peanut, and wheat germ were coupled to RAST discs. The discs were pretreated with lectin-specific sugars in an attempt to

Kujigamberol is the norlabdane compound isolated from Kuji amber and has recently been shown to prevent Ca2+-signal transduction and exert anti-allergy effects in vitro and in vivo. However, the anti-inflammatory activities of kujigamberol remain unclear. In the present study, we investigated the

1. We examined the influence of moderate to severe dietary restriction on immune system function in adult cotton rats. Animals (N = 80) were fed ad lib. (controls) or restricted [moderate = 80% ad lib. for 1 or 2 weeks; severe = 80% ad lib. for 1 or 2 weeks followed by 40% ad lib. for one (week 3)