THE USE OF AN EDIBLE ACID OR THE POTASSIUM OR SODIUM SALT THEREOF IN THE TREATMENT OF ALLERGY

• Main Author: SHIAO, SHIN-JEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 17.08.2010
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an edible acid and /or the acidic salt thereof, as well as the use of an edible acid and/or the acidic salt thereof in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition for treatment or alleviating immunologically mediated diseases by decreasing the humoral pH value; the invention also relates to the use of an edible acid and/or the acidic salt thereof or an acidic fruit containing an edible acid and/or the acidic salt thereof in the manufacture of food, beverage and health-care products which aims at improving individual immunity. The invention further relates to a method of using an edible acid and/or the acid salt thereof for manufacturing the food reducing allergy risk and for reducing the allergen of the article which is in contact with skin.