Lazanas M, Demopoulos C A, Tournis S, Koussissis S, Labrakis-Lazanas K, Tsarouhas X
University of Athens, Department of Food Chemistry, Greece.
Arch Dermatol Res. 1988;280(2):124-6. doi: 10.1007/BF00417717.
In allergic reactions induced by drugs we detected elevated platelet activating factor (PAF) bioactivity in blood and we isolated a substance with activity and chemical characteristics similar to AGEPC (semisynthetic PAF, beef-heart derived PAF). The levels of the circulating substance were about ten times higher than the ones detected in normal subjects.