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Squalene: Current Knowledge and Potential Therapeutical Uses
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Squalene: Current Knowledge and Potential Therapeutical Uses

Ramirez-torres, A.; Gabas, C.; Barranquero, C.
ISBN-10: 1617289744
ISBN-13: 9781617289743

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Squalene owns a long tradition of research since its first publication backs to 1926. To provide a state of the art revision, this book has collected published works regarding: in vivo and in vitro antioxidant properties, the bioavailability in animal models and in humans, the plasma and intracellular transport of this lipophilic molecule, its ability to neutralise different xenobiotics, its anti-inflammatory, anti-atherosclerotic and anti-neoplastic properties, its presence in skin lipids and its role in skin ageing and pathology, and finally its use to boost antigenicity of vaccines.
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Introduction
Antioxidant properties in vivo & in vitro
Bioavailability of squalene in animal models & in human
Squalene may neutralize different xenobiotics
Squalene as an anti-inflammatory agent
Squalene & atherosclerosis
Anti-neoplastic properties of squalene
Mechanisms of squalene action in cancer chemoprevention & regression
A component of skin lipids & with a role in skin ageing & pathology
Its use to boost antigenicity of several vaccines
Other properties
Toxicity at high levels of intake (neuropathy & pneumonia)
Antibodies against squalene in certain individuals
Conclusion
Index

List price: $43.00
Edition: 2010
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
Binding: Trade Paper
Pages: N/A
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.33 lbs.
Language: English

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