Dietary supplementation with carotenoids improves immunity without increasing its cost in a crustacean

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-241

  Babin, Aurélie ^a   Biard, Clotilde ^a   Moret, Yannick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Ecological immunology; Immune costs; Immunostimulant

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT;

ANTIOXIDANT; BACTERIAL DISEASE; CAROTENOID; CRUSTACEAN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; OXIDATION; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; CAROTENOIDS; IMMUNITY, INNATE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; GAMMARIDAE; GAMMARUS PULEX; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955635209     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/653670     Document Type: Article

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