Anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic properties of donkey's and goat's milk

Endocrine, Metabolic and Immune Disorders - Drug Targets

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 27-37

  Jirillo, Felicita ^a   Magrone, Thea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Cow; Donkey; Elderly; Goat; Microbiota; Milk

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NITRIC OXIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ALLERGENICITY; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FERMENTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTATION; MILK ALLERGY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; AGED; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; DIET THERAPY; EQUIDAE; GOAT; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MILK; NEWBORN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CATTLE; EQUIDAE; GOATS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK; MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY;

EID: 84897424301     PISSN: 18715303     EISSN: 22123873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1871530314666140121143747     Document Type: Article

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