Abstract
A standardized in-house reference extract from the pollen of Parthenium hysterophorus, which is responsible for the high incidence of allergic rhinitis in India, was generated and examined by skin test, radio-allergosorbent test inhibition and isoelectric focusing. Parthenium reference allergen discs and positive reference serum were also generated. These reference reagents could not only be used for the quantitation of Parthenium-specific IgE in the sera of rhinitis patients but also for the evaluation of allergenic activity (relative potency and lot-to-lot variation) of different batches of Parthenium pollen.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 638-646 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Clinical and Experimental Allergy |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1993 |