Class specific influence of dietary Spirulina platensis on antibody production in mice

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 841-851

  Hayashi, Osamu ^a   Hirahashi, Tomohiro ^b   Katoh, Toshimitsu ^b   Miyajima, Hiroaki ^c   Hirano, Takao ^c   Okuwaki, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a KAGAWA NUTRITION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgA; IgE; IgG1; Mucosal immunity; Spirulina platensis

Indexed keywords

FOOD ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLUE GREEN ALGA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; LYMPHOID CELL; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE SKIN ANAPHYLAXIS; RAT; SHRIMP; SPLEEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); SPIRULINA; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS;

EID: 0032455459     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.44.841     Document Type: Article

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