Nutritional supplement therapy improves oxidative stress, immune response, pulmonary function, and quality of life in allergic asthma patients: An open-label pilot study

Alternative Medicine Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-56

  Guo, Chih Hung ^a   Liu, Po Jen ^a,b   Lin, Kuan Pin ^a,c,d   Chen, Pei Chung ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHENG CHING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Institute of Biomedical Nutrition   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airway hyper responsiveness; Antioxidants; Asthma; Catalase; Glutathione peroxidase; Glutathione reductase; Immune response; Inflammation; Pulmonary function; Quality of life; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; BIO SHIELD; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATALASE; CD19 ANTIGEN; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; HEALTHY GREEN BARLEY POWDER; HEALTHY LIFE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALONALDEHYDE; OMEGA RICH FISH OIL; OXY RICH; PRIME C COMPLEX; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COPPER; RETINOL; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFLAMMATION; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OPEN STUDY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ASTHMA; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COPPER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SELENIUM; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

EID: 84861520466     PISSN: 10895159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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