Effects of Carotenoids and Retinoids on Immune-Mediated Chronic Inflammation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Functional Foods, Nutraceuticals, and Degenerative Disease Prevention

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 213-233

  Zhang, Hua ^a   Fan, Ming ^a   Paliyath, Gopinadhan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti oxidants; Carotenoids; Crohn's; Immune system; Interleukins; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Retinoids; Tumour necrosis factor; Ulcerative Colitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886108677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470960844.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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