Influence of a cocoa-enriched diet on specific immune response in ovalbumin-sensitized rats

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-397

  Pérez Berezo, Teresa ^a   Ramiro Puig, Emma ^a   Pérez Cano, Francisco J ^a   Castellote, Cristina ^a   Permanyer, Joan ^a   Franch, Àngels ^a   Castell, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibody subclass; Cocoa; Immunization; Th1 Th2 balance

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; FLAVONOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CACAO; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIET; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; RAT; SECRETION; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CACAO; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DIET; FEMALE; FLAVONOIDS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYMPH NODES; MALE; OVALBUMIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 62749158311     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700396     Document Type: Article

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