Brush border membrane vesicles from rats and gerbils can be utilized to evaluate the intestinal uptake of all-trans and 9-cis β-carotene

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2904-2912

  Moore, Amy C ^a   Gugger, Eric T ^a   Erdman Jr, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

carotene; gerbils; intestinal absorption; rats; vitamin A

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; BETA CAROTENE; RETINOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; DRUG UPTAKE; GERBIL; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROVILLI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0029858619     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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