Squalene : current knowledge and potential therapeutical uses / A. Ramírez-Torres ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramírez-Torres, A.

Series:

Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine.

Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Squalene--Thereapeutic use.

Squalene.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (85 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Biomedical Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Collects the 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, and more.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

a Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Site, viewed (12/16/20).

ISBN:

1-61761-404-1

OCLC:

923660451