Theobromine Is Responsible for the Effects of Cocoa on the Antibody Immune Status of Rats

ConclusionsThe theobromine in cocoa plays an immunoregulatory role that is responsible for cocoa's influence on both systemic and intestinal antibody concentrations and also for modifying lymphoid tissue lymphocyte composition in young healthy Lewis rats. The majority of these changes are observed after a single week of being fed a diet containing 0.25% theobromine.

Source: Journal of Nutrition - March 12, 2018 Category: Nutrition Source Type: research