Rat intestinal β-carotene dioxygenase activity is located primarily in the cytosol of mature jejunal enterocytes

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2550-2556

  Duszka, Christelle ^c   Grolier, Pascal ^a   Azim, El Mostafa ^b   Alexandre Gouabau, Marie Cécile ^c   Borel, Patrick ^c   Azais Braesco, Véronique ^c  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

enterocytes; rats; vitamin A activity; carotene

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXYGENASE; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; INTESTINE CELL; JEJUNUM; NONHUMAN; RAT; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029845726     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/126.10.2550     Document Type: Article

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