Nutrition and Immune Function : Frontiers in Nutritional Science
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : P C Calder; C J Field; H S Gill
- ناشر : Wallingford : CAB International
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2002
- شابک / ISBN : 9780851998763
Description
Preface ix Part 1: The Immune System 1. The Immune System: an Overview 1 G. Devereux 2. Evaluation of the Effects of Nutrients on Immune Function 21 S. Cunningham-Rundles Part 2: Individual Nutrients, Infection and Immune Function 3. Effect of Post-natal Protein Malnutrition and Intrauterine Growth Retardation on Immunity and Risk of Infection 41 R.K. Chandra 4. Fatty Acids, Inflammation and Immunity 57 P.C. Calder and C.J. Field 5. Arginine and Immune Function 93 M.D. Duff and J.M. Daly 6. Glutamine and the Immune System 109 P.C. Calder and P. Newsholme 7. Sulphur Amino Acids, Glutathione and Immune Function 133 R.F. Grimble v 8. Vitamin A, Infection and Immune Function 151 R.D. Semba 9. Antioxidant Vitamins and Immune Function 171 D.A. Hughes 10. Zinc, Infection and Immune Function 193 A.S. Prasad 11. Role of Iron in Immunity and Infection 209 S. Kuvibidila and B.S. Baliga 12. Selenium and the Immune System 229 R.C. McKenzie, J.R. Arthur, S.M. Miller, T.S. Rafferty and G.J. Beckett 13. Probiotics and Immune Function 251 H.S. Gill and M.L. Cross Part 3: Nutrition and Immunity through the Life Cycle 14. Role of Local Immunity and Breast-feeding in Mucosal Homoeostasis and Defence against Infections 273 P. Brandtzaeg 15. Food Allergy 321 E. Opara 16. Exercise and Immune Function – Effect of Nutrition 347 E.W. Petersen and B.K. Pedersen 17. Nutrition and Ageing of the Immune System 357 B. Lesourd, A. Raynaud-Simon and L. Mazari 18. Nutrition, Infection and Immunity: Public Health Implications
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.
