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) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1237-1239 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1989 |
Keywords
- chloroquine
- drug-resistance
- fish oil
- malaria
- oxidative stress
- vitamin E
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Nutrition and Dietetics