Total, free, short-chain and long-chain acyl carnitine levels in arabian camel milk (camelus dromedarius)

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-226

  Alhomida, A S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Acylated carnitine; L Carnitine; Lactation; Mammals; Milk; Milk formulas; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CAMEL; DESERT; GOAT; MAMMAL; MILK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CAMELS; CARNITINE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; MILK; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 0029815389     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: 14219697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177925     Document Type: Article

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