No evidence that carotenoid pigments boost either immune or antioxidant defenses in a songbird

Dietary carotenoids have been proposed to boost immune system and antioxidant functions in vertebrate animals, but studies aimed at testing these physiological functions of carotenoids have often failed to find support. Here we subject yellow canaries (Serinus canaria), which possess high levels of...

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Autores principales: Koch, Rebecca E., Kavazis, Andreas N., Hasselquist, Dennis, Hood, Wendy R., Zhang, Yufeng, Toomey, Matthew B., Hill, Geoffrey E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29403051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02974-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5799171/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29403051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-02974-x

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