Cocoa flavonoid-enriched diet modulates systemic and intestinal immunoglobulin synthesis in adult Lewis rats

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3272-3286

  Massot Cladera, Malen ^a   Franch, Àngels ^a   Castellote, Cristina ^a   Castell, Margarida ^a   Pérez Cano, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocoa polyphenols; Immune system; Immunoglobulins

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; POLYPHENOL;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BODY WEIGHT; CACAO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES; FEEDING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; LEWIS RAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PH; RAT;

RATTUS; THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84882667755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5083272     Document Type: Article

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