Nutrition and Immune Function : Frontiers in Nutritional Science, No. 1.
Title:
Nutrition and Immune Function : Frontiers in Nutritional Science, No. 1.
Author:
Calder, P.C.
ISBN:
9780851998763
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (436 pages)
Contents:
Contributors -- Preface -- 1 The Immune System: an Overview -- 2 Evaluation of the Effects of Nutrients on Immune Function -- 3 Effect of Post-natal Protein Malnutrition and Intrauterine Growth Retardation on Immunity and Risk of Infection -- 4 Fatty Acids, Inflammation and Immunity -- 5 Arginine and Immune Function -- 6 Glutamine and the Immune System -- 7 Sulphur Amino Acids, Glutathione and Immune Function -- 8 Vitamin A, Infection and Immune Function -- 9 Antioxidant Vitamins and Immune Function -- 10 Zinc, Infection and Immune Function -- 11 Role of Iron in Immunity and Infection -- 12 Selenium and the Immune System -- 13 Probiotics and Immune Function -- 14 Role of Local Immunity and Breast-feeding in Mucosal Homoeostasis and Defence against Infections -- 15 Food Allergy -- 16 Exercise and Immune Function - Effect of Nutrition -- 17 Nutrition and Ageing of the Immune System -- 18 Nutrition, Infection and Immunity: Public Health Implications -- Index.
Abstract:
This text provides a review of the roles of specific nutrients in maintaining the immune response and host protection against infection. It also considers the influence of various factors, such as exercise and ageing, on the interaction between nutrition and immune function.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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