Vitamin E supplementation enhances immune response in the elderly.
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, healthy older adults (60 years or above) in a metabolic research unit received either a placebo or oral vitamin E supplements (800 mg dl-alpha-tocopherol acetate) for 30 days. The E supplementation improved some in vivo and in vitro parameters of immune function.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008875:Middle Aged; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*
D014810:Vitamin E