title: Antioxidant nutrients and immune functions--introduction.
abstract: This short introduction encompasses only a small portion of the literature linking free radical production and consequent effects on immune functions. The role of essential dietary components in modulating these effects is an area of intense and expanding investigation. Each of the nutrients examined in the following chapters has distinct functions, but in this volume we concentrate on their shared capacity to act as antioxidants.
authors.affiliation: Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, N.J.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bendich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants; D005609:Free Radicals; D006801:Humans; D007109:Immunity; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008903:Minerals; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D014815:Vitamins
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005609:Free Radicals; D008903:Minerals; D014815:Vitamins