Table 1.

Relative binding intensity of serum IgE to the respective protein extracts.

	ID	Classification-1	Classification-2	Allergen	Intensity
1	000981	plant	Asteraceae	Ambrosia artemisiifoli (common ragweed)	2.64
2	001037	plant	Adoxaceae	Sambucus nigra	2.27
3	001017	plant	Adoxaceae	Sambucus nigra	2.23
4	000980	plant	Apiaceae	Foeniculum vulgare (fennel)	1.90
5	001042	plant	Asteraceae	Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)	1.85
6	000005	plant	Asteraceae	Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)	1.83
7	001022	plant	Asteraceae	Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed)	1.78
7	001025	plant	Asteraceae	Ambrosia bidentata (lanceleaf ragweed)	1.78
9	001045	plant	Asteraceae	Ambrosia bidentata (lanceleaf ragweed)	1.71
10	000389	plant	Asteraceae	Ambrosia trifida (giant ragweed)	1.67
10	000505	plant	Calophyllaceae	Calophyllum inophyllum	1.67
12	000390	plant	Asteraceae	Ambrosia artemisiifolia (ragweed)	1.58
13	000544	plant	Piperaceae	Piper nigrum (black peppercorn)	1.57
14	000849	plant	Lamiaceae	Salvia officinalis (common sage)	1.52
14	001000	plant	Apiaceae	Foeniculum vulgare (fennel)	1.52
16	000213	plant	Plantaginaceae	Plantago asiatica	1.40
17	000130	plant	Lamiaceae	Orthosiphon aristatus (cumisctin)	1.39
18	000225	plant	Rosaceae	Cerasus campanulata	1.38
18	000210	plant	Moraceae	Ficus pumila	1.38
18	000834	plant	Solanaceae	Capsicum annuum (paprika)	1.38
21	000967	plant	Asteraceae	Ambrosia artemisiifolia (ragweed)	1.35
21	000478	plant	Malvaceae	Gossypium spp. (cotton linters)	1.35

The relative binding intensity of serum IgE from ragweed-sensitized mice to the respective protein extracts (ID, Classification-1, Classification-2, and Allergen) was estimated by subtracting the IgE-binding intensity of serum from mice injected with alum alone from IgE-binding intensity of serum from mice injected with ragweed pollen plus alum.