Synergistic Action of Vitamin E and Vitamin C in Vivo Using a New Mutant of Wistar-Strain Rats, ODS, Unable to Synthesize Vitamin C

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 359-369

  Igarashi, Osamu ^a   Yonekawa, Yukako ^a   Fujiyama Fujihara, Yoko ^a  

^a OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

in vivo synergistic action of vitamins E and C; ODS rats; tissue concentration of a tocopherol; vitamin C; vitamin E; vitamin E deficiency; tocopherol

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; HEART; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT; SPLEEN; STATISTICS; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; DRUG SYNERGISM; ERYTHROCYTES; MALE; MUTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0025751619     PISSN: 03014800     EISSN: 18817742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3177/jnsv.37.359     Document Type: Article

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