Do steroidal saponins have a role in hepatogenous photosensitization diseases of sheep?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 405, Issue , 1996, Pages 395-403

  Flåøyen, Arne ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SAPOGENIN; SAPONIN; STEROID;

BACTERIAL FLORA; BILIARY EXCRETION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETIOLOGY; INGESTION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP DISEASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0029805827     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0413-5_34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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