Antioxidant Nutrients and Immune Functions (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)
Contributors: Adrianne Bendich (Editor); Marshall Phillips (Editor); Robert P. Tengerdy (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 28, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780306433962
Subjects: Dietetics & nutrition; Food & beverage technology; Immunology; Animals; Health/Fitness; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Mammals; Nutrition; Medical / Nutrition; Active oxygen; Antioxidants; Congresses; Immunity; Nutritional aspects; Physiological effect
Description: These proceedings of a symposium in Los Angeles, September 1988, survey the effects of vitamins A, C, and E; the provitamin beta carotene; the key micronutrients zinc, copper, and selenium, polyunsaturated lipids, and natural antioxidants in human milk on cells of the immune and phagocytic systems and on the biochemical reactions that underlie their functions. Such research is leading to new definitions of adequate nutrition.