Davidson Angie
St Mark's Hospital, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust, Harrow.
Nurs Times. 2004;100(18):62-3.
The role of novel nutrients that appear to have pharmacological effects on the immune system has been studied over the past 20 years. This area of research has been termed immunonutrition. This paper provides an overview of particular novel nutrients--argtnine, glutamine, omega-3 fatty acids, and nucleotides--and examines some of the evidence for the effects that they may have on immune function. The benefits to particular patient groups are also considered (Box 1).
在过去20年里,人们对似乎对免疫系统具有药理作用的新型营养素的作用进行了研究。这一研究领域被称为免疫营养。本文概述了特定的新型营养素——精氨酸、谷氨酰胺、ω-3脂肪酸和核苷酸——并审视了一些关于它们可能对免疫功能产生影响的证据。还考虑了对特定患者群体的益处(方框1)。