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SUBMITTER: Das A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5770124 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Das Amitava A Dickerson Ryan R Ghatak Piya Das PD Gordillo Gayle M GM Chaffee Scott S Saha Abhijoy A Khanna Savita S Roy Sashwati S
Antioxidants & redox signaling 20171016 5
Persistent infection contributes to wound chronicity. At the wound site, NADPH oxidase (NOX) activity in immune cells fights infection to enable the healing process. Fermented papaya preparation (FPP) is a carbohydrate-rich nutritional supplement that has demonstrated ability to bolster respiratory burst in experimental rodent systems. In FPP, glucose coexists with fructose and maltose in addition to multiple other sugar alcohols such as inositol. We have previously reported that FPP supplementa ...[more]