The prevalence of allergic airway diseases such as asthma and rhinitis has increased
dramatically to epidemic proportions worldwide. Besides air pollution from industry derived …

Ethnopharmacological relevance We provide an extensive summary of the in vitro
antibacterial properties of medicinal plants popularly used in Mexico to treat infections, and …

Background: Allergy diagnosis in patients exposed to multiple pollen species is complex
and misdiagnosis is often a cause for unsuccessful specific immunotherapy. Objective: We …

Pollen released by urban flora—a major contributor to airborne allergen content during the
pollen season—has a considerable adverse impact on human health. Using aerobiological …

Exposure to allergens is pivotal in determining sensitization and allergic symptoms in
individuals. Pollen grain counts in ambient air have traditionally been assessed to estimate …

The impact of pollen on human health is primarily evident in allergic diseases. Sensitized
patients can respond to pollen by symptoms of nose, eyes and bronchi. Pollen threshold …

Pollen allergy has been found in 80–90% of childhood asthmatics and 40–50% of adult-
onset asthmatics. Despite the high prevalence of atopy in asthmatics, a causal relationship …

Pollen is routinely monitored, but it is unknown whether pollen counts represent allergen
exposure. We therefore simultaneously determined olive pollen and O le e 1 in ambient air …

The section about monitoring covers the development of phenological networks, remote
sensing of the season cycle of the vegetation, the emergence of the science of aerobiology …

Understanding airborne pollen allergens trends is of great importance for the high
prevalence and the socio-economic impact that pollen-related respiratory diseases have on …