The use of murine polyclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies as surrogate allergens in the diagnosis of Parthenium hypersensitivity

Sriramarao, P.; Prakash, Om; Metcalfe, Dean D.; Rao, P. V. Subba

doi:10.1016/0091-6749(93)90081-p

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“…Eczema herpeticum is reported to complicate parthenium dermatitis. Sriramarao et al (1993) worked on the use of murine polyclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies as surrogate allergens in the diagnosis of P. hysterophorus hypersensitivity. Parthenium -sensitive patients with rhinitis who had positive results on skin prick tests to P. hysterophorus pollen extracts responded with a positive skin reaction to m Ab-2.…”

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Harmful and beneficial aspects of Parthenium hysterophorus: an update

2011

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Parthenium hysterophorus is a noxious weed in America, Asia, Africa and Australia. This weed is considered to be a cause of allergic respiratory problems, contact dermatitis, mutagenicity in human and livestock. Crop production is drastically reduced owing to its allelopathy. Also aggressive dominance of this weed threatens biodiversity. Eradication of P. hysterophorus by burning, chemical herbicides, eucalyptus oil and biological control by leaf-feeding beetle, stem-galling moth, stem-boring weevil and fungi have been carried out with variable degrees of success. Recently many innovative uses of this hitherto notorious plant have been discovered. Parthenium hysterophorus confers many health benefits, viz remedy for skin inflammation, rheumatic pain, diarrhoea, urinary tract infections, dysentery, malaria and neuralgia. Its prospect as nano-medicine is being carried out with some preliminary success so far. Removal of heavy metals and dye from the environment, eradication of aquatic weeds, use as substrate for commercial enzyme production, additives in cattle manure for biogas production, as biopesticide, as green manure and compost are to name a few of some other potentials. The active compounds responsible for hazardous properties have been summarized. The aim of this review article is to explore the problem P. hysterophorus poses as a weed, the effective control measures that can be implemented as well as to unravel the latent beneficial prospects of this weed.

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Harmful and beneficial aspects of Parthenium hysterophorus: an update

2011

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Ethnopharmacology of Mexican Asteraceae (Compositae)

Heinrich

Robles²,

West³

et al. 1998

Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol.

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Traditional herbal remedies have increased in popularity in Europe and the United States in recent years but have always been important to people living in rural Mexico and to their Mexican American/Chicano descendants in the United States. Mexican American patients will often be ingesting herbal teas at the same time that they are being treated for their ailments with antibiotics or antiinflammatory agents. The plant family Asteraceae (Compositae) has contributed the largest number of plants to this pharmacopoeia; the reasons for the importance of this family include its large number of species in Mexico and its wide array of natural products that are useful in the treatment of the maladies that have afflicted the inhabitants of rural Mexico. These natural products include sesquiterpene lactones, polyacetylenes, alkaloids, monoterpenes, and various phenolics such as flavonoids. In this review, we emphasize the sesquiterpene lactones, a large group of compounds with antiinflammatory properties and the ability to relax smooth muscles and thereby relieve gastrointestinal distress. These compounds also readily form adducts with glutathione or free thiols and can thereby affect the metabolism, activity, and toxicology of a wide array of pharmacological agents.

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The use of murine polyclonal anti-idiotypic antibodies as surrogate allergens in the diagnosis of Parthenium hypersensitivity

Cited by 2 publications

References 35 publications

Harmful and beneficial aspects of Parthenium hysterophorus: an update

Harmful and beneficial aspects of Parthenium hysterophorus: an update

Ethnopharmacology of Mexican Asteraceae (Compositae)

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