Squalene [electronic resource] : current knowledge and potential therapeutical uses / A. Ramírez-Torres ... [et al.].
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TextSeries: Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicinePublication details: New York : Nova Biomedical Books, 2011.Description: vi, 73 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 615/.792 22
- RM666.S68 S88 2011eb
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Antioxidant properties in vivo and in vitro -- Bioavailability of squalene in animal models and in human -- Squalene may neutralize different xenobiotics -- Squalene as an anti-inflammatory agent -- Squalene and atherosclerosis -- Anti-neoplastic properties of squalene -- Mechanisms of squalene action in cancer chemoprevention and regression -- A component of skin lipids and with a role in skin ageing and pathology -- Its use to boost antigenicity of several vaccines -- Other properties -- Toxicity at high levels of intake (neuropathy and pneumonia) -- Antibodies against squalene in certain individuals.
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