The immune system: an overviews; Evaluation of the effects of nutrients on immune function; Individual nutrients, infection and immune function; Effect of a post-natal protein malnutrition and intrauterine growth retardation on immunity and risk of infection; Fatty acids, inflammation and immunity; Arginine and immune function; Glutatione and the immune system; Sulphur amino acids, glutatione and immune fuction; Vitamin A, infection and immune function; Antioxidant vitamins and immune function; Zinc, infection and immune function; Role of in immunity and infection; Selenium and the immune system; Probiotics and immune function; Nutrition and immunity through the life cycle; Role of local immunity and breast-feeding in mucosal homoeostasis and defence against infections; Food allergy; Exercise and immune function - effect of nutrition; nutrition and ageing of the immune system; Nutrition, infection and immunity: public health implications.
| ISBN-13: | 9780851995830 |
| ISBN-10: | 0851995837 |
| Publisher: | CABI Pub. |
| Publication date: | 2002 |
| Edition description: | First Edition |
| Pages: | 426 |
| Product dimensions: | Height: 7 Inches, Length: 9.7 Inches, Weight: 2.51 Pounds, Width: 1.2 Inches |
| Author: | Philip C. Calder, Catherine J. Field, Harsharnjit S. Gill |
| Language: | en |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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