Effect of vitamin E supplementation on antioxidant defense systems and humoral immune responses in young, middle-aged and elderly Korean women

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-99

  Park, Ock Jin ^a   Kim, Hye Young P ^b   Kim, Woo Kyung ^c   Kim, Yeon Joong ^d   Kim, Sook He ^d  

^a Human University   (South Korea)

^b Yongin University   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University   (South Korea)

^d Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defense; Humoral immune response; Radical scavenger activity; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 0038465015     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.49.94     Document Type: Article

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