Ak. Mondal et S. Mandal, BIOCHEMICAL AND CLINICAL-STUDIES OF AILANTHUS-EXCELSA ROXB. POLLEN WITH REFERENCE TO ITS DISPERSAL, Bangladesh journal of botany, 26(2), 1997, pp. 115-120
Pollen of Ailanthus excelsa in the atmosphere of Burdwan during Nov. 1
992 to Oct. 1994, constituted 2.16% of the total airflora. Quantitativ
e estimation of proteins, free amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, nuc
leic acids and minerals and qualitative analysis of the free amino aci
ds were done. SDS-PAGE with crude pollen extract gave protein profile.
Skin tests with pollen antigen showed 47.3% positive response.