Nutrition and immunology /
The current volume provides an in-depth guide to the effects of macro- and micro-nutrients on the regulation of immune responses. The nutrients covered include fat; cholesterol; protein; vitamins A, C, and E; and the minerals zinc, copper, and iron. Additional chapters deal with questionable therapi...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Plenum Press,
[1993]
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| Series: | Human nutrition ;
v. 8. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Nutrition, immunology, and quackery / Johanna T. Dwyer
- Food allergy / S. Husby, S. Halken and A. Host
- Dietary fat and immunity / Kent L. Erickson and Neil E. Hubbard
- Cholesterol as an immunomodulator / David M. Klurfeld
- Dietary restriction: effects on immunological function and aging / G. Fernandes and J.T. Venkatraman
- Immune response in protein-energy malnutrition and single nutrient deficiencies / Solo Kuvibidila [and others]
- Arginine / H. Paul Redmond and John M. Daly
- Vitamin C and the immune response in health and disease / Benjamin V. Siegel
- Vitamin A and immunity / Aharon Friedman and David Sklan
- Vitamin E and human immune functions / Adrianne Bendich
- Carotenoids and immune function / Daphne A. Roe and Cindy J. Fuller
- Plant flavonoid modulation of immune and inflammatory cell functions / Elliott Middleton, Jr. and Chithan Kandaswami
- Immunopathology of zinc deficiency in humans and rodents: a possible role for programmed cell death / Pamela J. Fraker [and others]
- Iron and immunity / Adria R. Sherman and Amanda T. Spear.
- (cont) Copper and immunity / Joseph R. Prohaska and Mark L. Failla
- Role of selenium in immune responsiveness and disease resistance / Judith R. Stabel and Jerry W. Spears.