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Comparative aerobiology, allergenicity and biochemistry of three palm pollen grains in Calcutta, India

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A Burkard volumetric trap was used at Salt Lake City, Calcutta, to record the occurrence and frequency of three common palm pollen, namely,Areca catechu, Borassus flabellifer andPhoenix sylvestris for two consecutive years (July 1988–June 1990). The meteorological factors responsible for the frequency of relevant airborne pollen grains were analysed. The allergenic potential of these pollen types was investigated by skin-prick tests on adult respiratory allergic patients. These were also chemically analysed in terms of total carbohydrate, lipid and soluble protein. Total soluble protein of the above types was used in 11% SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to study the range of molecular components.

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  1. Division of Palynology and Environmental Biology, Department of Botany, Bose Institute, 93/1 Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, 700 009, Calcutta, India

    Pampa Chakraborty, Swati Gupta-Bhattacharya & Sunirmal Chanda

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Chakraborty, P., Gupta-Bhattacharya, S. & Chanda, S. Comparative aerobiology, allergenicity and biochemistry of three palm pollen grains in Calcutta, India. Aerobiologia 12, 47–50 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02248123

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