A 12-week supplementation with quercetin does not affect natural killer cell activity, granulocyte oxidative burst activity or granulocyte phagocytosis in female human subjects - Heinz, Serena A.; Henson, Dru A.; Nieman, David C.; Austin, Melanie D.; Jin, Fuxia (British journal of nutrition, 2010)
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