Supplementation of a Low-Carotenoid Diet with Tomato or Carrot Juice Modulates Immune Functions in Healthy Men

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 255-261

  Watzl, Bernhard ^a   Bub, Achim ^a   Briviba, Karlis ^a   Rechkemmer, Gerhard ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carotene; Carotenoid; Carrot; Cell mediated immunity; Cytokines; Lycopene; Natural killer cells; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYCOPENE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CARROT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOMATO;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; BEVERAGES; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CAROTENOIDS; CELL DIVISION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DAUCUS CAROTA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

DAUCUS CAROTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 1342333678     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072397     Document Type: Article

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