Abstract
Feeding a vitamin E-deficient diet containing 5% menhaden oil to mice affords significant protection against both a chloroquine-sensitive and a chloroquine-resistant line of the malarial parasite. Nutritional manipulation may offer a new approach to the problem of drug-resistant malaria, a rapidly emerging global threat to public health.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1237-1239 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| State | Published - 1989 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- chloroquine
- drug-resistance
- fish oil
- malaria
- oxidative stress
- vitamin E
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Food Science
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Levander, O. A., Ager, A. L., Morris, V. C., & May, R. G. (1989). Menhaden-fish oil in a vitamin E-deficient diet: Protection against chloroquine-resistant malaria in mice. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 50(6), 1237-1239.