Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 54-59 , January 2006

Dietary effect of pomegranate seed oil on immune function and lipid metabolism in mice

  • Masao Yamasaki, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biochemistry and Applied BioScience, Faculty of Agriculture, Miyazaki University, Miyazaki, Japan
    • Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +81-985-58-7209.
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  • Takae Kitagawa

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Nami Koyanagi, M.Sc

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Hitomi Chujo, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Hidenori Maeda, M.Sc

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Junko Kohno-Murase, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Plantech Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan
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  • Jun Imamura, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Plantech Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan
    • Department of Bioresource Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tamagawa University, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hirofumi Tachibana, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Koji Yamada, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Division of Applied Biological Chemistry, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Received 7 December 2004 ,Accepted 1 March 2005.

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PII: S0899-9007(05)00233-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2005.03.009

Nutrition
Volume 22, Issue 1 , Pages 54-59 , January 2006

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