Palms, People, and Health

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-62

  Lee, Roberta ^a   Balick, Michael J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BETEL EXTRACT; BIOFUEL; CHOLESTEROL; COCONUT OIL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PALM OIL; POLYPHENOL; RESVERATROL; RETINOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BETEL NUT; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLUEBERRY; COCONUT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANBERRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLUID THERAPY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GINGIVITIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOUTH CANCER; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ARECACEAE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FRUIT; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MICRONESIA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT OILS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

EID: 37849001737     PISSN: 15508307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.explore.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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