Effect of dietary supplementation with black currant seed oil or the immune response of healthy elderly subjects

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 536-543

  Wu, Dayong ^a   Meydani, Mohsen ^a   Leka, Lynette S ^a   Nightingale, Zachary ^a   Handelman, Garry J ^a   Blumberg, Jeffrey B ^a   Meydani, Simin Nikbin ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Black currant seed oil; Eicosanoids; Fatty acids; Immune function; Prostaglandins; Linolenic acid

Indexed keywords

BLACK CURRANT EXTRACT; CONCANAVALIN A; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; MEMBRANE LIPID; PROSTAGLANDIN E; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIPID COMPOSITION; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0032881952     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/70.4.536     Document Type: Article

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