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Nutraceuticals for Human Health and Hypersensitivity Reaction

Nutraceuticals for Human Health and Hypersensitivity Reaction

Anamika Basu, Anasua Sarkar, Piyali Basak
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 19
ISBN13: 9781522529705|ISBN10: 1522529705|EISBN13: 9781522529712
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2970-5.ch015
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Basu, Anamika, et al. "Nutraceuticals for Human Health and Hypersensitivity Reaction." Nutraceuticals and Innovative Food Products for Healthy Living and Preventive Care, edited by Amit Verma, et al., IGI Global, 2018, pp. 323-341. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2970-5.ch015

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Basu, A., Sarkar, A., & Basak, P. (2018). Nutraceuticals for Human Health and Hypersensitivity Reaction. In A. Verma, K. Srivastava, S. Singh, & H. Singh (Eds.), Nutraceuticals and Innovative Food Products for Healthy Living and Preventive Care (pp. 323-341). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2970-5.ch015

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Basu, Anamika, Anasua Sarkar, and Piyali Basak. "Nutraceuticals for Human Health and Hypersensitivity Reaction." In Nutraceuticals and Innovative Food Products for Healthy Living and Preventive Care, edited by Amit Verma, et al., 323-341. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2970-5.ch015

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Abstract

An allergy is an overreaction of the immune system to a substance called an antigen, e.g., pollen from grasses, dust mites, etc. The drugs used for allergy in allopathy have undesirable side effects. The use of medicinal plants becomes popular due to the adverse effects of allopathic drugs. Nutraceuticals are food playing a significant role in maintaining normal physiological function. Mast cells are immunologically important cells found in almost all parts of our body, and contain histamines, leukotrienes within their granular sacs, along with those of basophils, are responsible for the symptoms of allergy. According to sources mast cell stabilizers can be classified into three categories, e.g., synthetic, semi synthetic and natural. Mast cell stabilising agents from natural resources can be obtained from different group of compounds, e.g., flavonoids, coumarins, phenols, terpenoids, alkaloids. In this book chapter, the active constituents present in them and their mode of action are highlighted using techniques of computational biology, e.g., molecular docking, etc.

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