The immune system: A target for functional foods?

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2002, Pages

  Calder, Philip C ^a   Kew, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Immune function; Infection; Lymphocyte; Macrophage; Monocyte; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBODY; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COMPLEMENT; COPPER; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYTOKINE; DIPHTHERIA VACCINE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID; FOLIC ACID; IRON; LINOLEIC ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TETANUS TOXOID; ZINC;

AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BACTERIUM; CALORIC INTAKE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; FUNGUS; GENDER; GENETICS; HOST; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACRONUTRIENT; MACROPHAGE; MALNUTRITION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONOCYTE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITE; SMOKING HABIT; STRESS; VACCINATION; VIRUS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0036848759     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/bjn2002682     Document Type: Conference Paper

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