Hiroshi Akiyama, Shigeru Katayama, Tomomasa Kanda, Mari Maeda-Yamamoto, Mamoru Totsuka, Shingo Takahashi, Toshihiko Shoji, Takahiro Inakuma and Soichiro Nakamura Pages 892 - 905 ( 14 )
A fundamental means of allergic disease prevention, via the use of functional food factors, is desirable. A number of studies on the role of functional food factors in preventing allergic diseases have been reported. In this review, the preventive effects of polyphenols, carotenoids, polysaccharides, and non-digestible oligosaccharides on allergic diseases are discussed.
Allergic diseases, carotenoids, non-digestible oligosaccharides, polyphenols, polysaccharides.
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