Title of article :
Dark Chocolate Intake Acutely Enhances Neutrophil Count in Peripheral Venous Blood
Author/Authors :
Montagnana, Martina Section of Clinical Biochemistry - University of Verona - Verona - Italy , Danese, Elisa Section of Clinical Biochemistry - University of Verona - Verona - Italy , Lima-Oliveira, Gabriel Section of Clinical Biochemistry - University of Verona - Verona - Italy , Salvagno, Gian Luca Section of Clinical Biochemistry - University of Verona - Verona - Italy , Lippi, Giuseppe Section of Clinical Biochemistry - University of Verona - Verona - Italy
Abstract :
Beside the well-established impact on decreasing the risk of cardiovascular diseases (1), recent attention has been paid to the relationship between cocoa-containing foods and the immune system (2), showing that dark chocolate consumption enhances the systemic defense against bacterial (3) and viral (4) infections. Hence, the current study aimed at investigating the acute effect of dark chocolate intake on peripheral blood leukocytes.
Keywords :
chocolate , cocoa , Leukocytes , neutrophils , Infection
Journal title :
Astroparticle Physics
