Consumption of gold kiwifruit reduces severity and duration of selected upper respiratory tract infection symptoms and increases plasma vitamin C concentration in healthy older adults

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1235-1245

  Hunter, Denise C ^a   Skinner, Margot A ^a   Wolber, Frances M ^b   Booth, Chris L ^b   Loh, Jacelyn M S ^a,c   Wohlers, Mark ^a   Stevenson, Lesley M ^a,d   Kruger, Marlena C ^b  

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

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actinidia chinensis; Common cold; Gold kiwifruit; Influenza

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; FOLIC ACID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BANANA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; KIWIFRUIT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SORE THROAT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ACTINIDIA; AGED; AGING; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FRUIT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INCIDENCE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA;

EID: 84869413010     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511006659     Document Type: Article

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