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

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Superior document:Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Biotechnology in agriculture, industry and medicine.
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Physical Description:vi, 73 p. :; ill.
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Table of 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.