Gold kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis 'Hort16A') for immune support

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 276-280

  Skinner, Margot A ^a   Loh, Jacelyn M S ^a   Hunter, Denise C ^a   Zhang, Jingli ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Health benefits of kiwifruit; Immune support; ZESPRI GOLD kiwifruit

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAXATIVE; MINERAL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; VITAMIN;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY FIBER; DIGESTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; KIWIFRUIT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

ACTINIDIA; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; MURINAE;

EID: 79955989169     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665111000048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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