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Effect of enzymatically modified isoquercitrin, a flavonoid, on symptoms of Japanese cedar pollinosis: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Flavonoids exert antiallergic and antioxidant effects. We investigated the efficacy of enzymatically modified isoquercitrin (EMIQ), a flavonoid, to relieve symptoms of pollinosis. METHODS:In a parallel-group, double-blind placebo-controlled study design, 20 subjects with Japanese cedar pollinosis took two capsules daily of 100 mg EMIQ or a placebo for 8 weeks during the pollen season. Subjective symptoms and activities of daily living (ADL) scores were recorded every day, and the quality of life (QOL) score was obtained every 4 weeks. Blood sampling was performed before and after the study to measure serum cytokines, chemokines, IgE, quercetin and oxidized biomarkers. RESULTS:During the entire study period, total ocular score and ocular itching score for the EMIQ group were significantly lower (p < 0.05) than for the placebo group. When limited to the individual periods, total symptom score for the EMIQ group was significantly lower (p < 0.05, week 4-5) than that for the placebo group while other scores for the EMIQ group, such as total nasal score (p = 0.06, week 4-5), nasal obstruction score (p = 0.08, week 4-5), lacrimation score (p = 0.06, week 5-6), ocular congestion score (p = 0.08, week 4-7) and ADL score (p = 0.08, week 4-7), all tended to be lower. The levels of serum cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-4, IL-5, IL-12, IL-13, interferon-gamma, and eotaxin and IgE were not significantly downregulated by the intake of EMIQ but the serum concentrations of oxidized low-density lipoprotein and thymus and activation-regulated chemokine were reduced. CONCLUSION:Intake of the quercetin glycoside EMIQ was safe and influenced ocular symptoms caused by pollinosis.

journal_name

Int Arch Allergy Immunol

journal_title

International archives of allergy and immunology

authors

Kawai M,Hirano T,Arimitsu J,Higa S,Kuwahara Y,Hagihara K,Shima Y,Narazaki M,Ogata A,Koyanagi M,Kai T,Shimizu R,Moriwaki M,Suzuki Y,Ogino S,Kawase I,Tanaka T

doi

10.1159/000205582

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-01-01 00:00:00

pages

359-68

issue

eissn

1018-2438

issn

1423-0097

pii

000205582

journal_volume

149

pub_type

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Effect of enzymatically modified isoquercitrin, a flavonoid, on symptoms of Japanese cedar pollinosis: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.