METHOD FOR ALLEVIATING ALLERGIC ASTHMA AND ALLERGIC RESPONSE BY USING BITTER MELON COMPOSITION

摘要

Disclosed is a method for alleviating allergic asthma by using a bitter melon composition. The bitter melon composition comprises at least an effective amount of conjugated linolenic acid (CLN), wherein the bitter melon composition is administered to a subject suffering from allergic asthma to alleviate its symptoms. In the future, the bitter melon composition can be developed to as a health food, so as to prevent asthma, or alleviate the various symptoms of allergic asthma, such as airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), airway inflammation, infiltration of inflammatory cell in lung tissue, or high level of serum IgE.